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δεκάς

Noun; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δεκάς

Etym.: de/ka

Sense

  1. the number ten
  2. a group of ten, decade (i.e. ten of something, not necessarily years)

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ Ἕλλησιν μὲν ἦν ὁ πᾶσ ἀριθμὸσ ἐσ τριακάδασ δέκα ναῶν, δεκὰσ δ’ ἦν τῶνδε χωρὶσ ἔκκριτοσ· (Aeschylus, Persians, episode 1:5)
  • τῶν δ’ ἐτέων ἡ δεκὰσ οὐκ ὀλίγη. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , prop. i. 9. 932)
  • Ἀρκάδασ οὐχ οὕτω Στυμφαλίδεσ, ὡσ ἐμὲ κίχλαι αἱ νέκυεσ ξηροῖσ ἤκαχον ὀσταρίοισ, ἁρ́πυιαι, δραχμῆσ ξηρὴ δεκάσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 961)
  • τρὶσ δέκα με πνεύσειν καὶ δὶσ τρία μάντιεσ ἄστρων φασὶν ἐμοὶ δ’ ἀρκεῖ καὶ δεκὰσ ἡ τριτάτη· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 1121)
  • τῶν δ’ ἐτέων ἡ δεκὰσ οὐκ ὀλίγη· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 2822)

Synonyms

  1. the number ten

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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