δέκατος: Difference between revisions

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