δέκατος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(Arc. [[δέκοτος]] <span class="title">IG</span>5(2).282 (Mantinea, v B.C.), also Aeol. in <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>988.5 (Balbilla)), η, ον: ([[δέκα]]):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[tenth]], Ἠώς <span class="bibl">Il.6.175</span>, etc.; as a [[round]] [[number]], <span class="bibl">Od.16.18</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[δεκάτη]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[μερίς]]), ἡ, [[tenth part]], [[tithe]], τᾶς δεκάτας δεκάταν <span class="bibl">Simon.141.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.135</span>, etc.; τῇ θεῷ τὰς δ. ἐξαιρεθῆναι <span class="bibl">Lys.20.24</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἐκ τῆς δεκάτης</b> the [[produce]] [[of the tenth]], IG12.91, cf. <span class="title">Tab.Defix.</span>99.14: esp. as a [[customs]]-[[duty]], <span class="bibl">D.20.60</span>; δεκάτη μόσχων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>307.8</span> (iii A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[δεκάτη]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἡμέρα]]), ἡ, [[the tenth day]], <span class="bibl">Od.9.83</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">δεκάτη προτέρα· ἡ πρὸ εἰκάδος, ὡς ὑστέρα· ἡ μετ' εἰκάδα</b>, Hsch. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[festival on the tenth day after birth]], when the child has a name given it, <b class="b3">τὴν δεκάτην θύειν</b> to give a [[naming-day]] [[feast]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>922</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">494</span>; δ. ὑπέρ τινος ἑστιᾶσαι <span class="bibl">D.40.28</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">39.22</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> δεκάτα· [[τάξις]], [[ἄθροισμα]], καὶ ἡ τῶν εἴκοσιν ἁρμάτων τάξις, Hsch. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[δέκατον]], τό, [[tenth part]], <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Le.</span>23.13</span>,<span class="bibl">17</span> (pl.).</span>