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δεκαταῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δεκαταῖος δεκαταῖη δεκαταῖον

Structure: δεκαται (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: deka/th

Sense

  1. on the tenth day
  2. ten days old

Examples

  • διαβὰσ δὲ τὸν Νέστον ποταμὸν λέγουσιν, ὅτι δεκαταῖοσ ἀφίκετο ἐπὶ τὸ ὄροσ τὸν Αἶμον. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 1, chapter 1 5:2)
  • τῇ δ’ ἐπαύριον ἀναζεύξασ προῆγε, καὶ παραγενηθεὶσ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἴβηρα ποταμὸν δεκαταῖοσ καὶ περαιωθεὶσ τῇ τετάρτῃ μετὰ ταύτην προσεστρατοπέδευσε τοῖσ ὑπεναντίοισ, λαβὼν αὐλῶνά τινα μεταξὺ τῆσ αὑτοῦ καὶ τῶν πολεμίων στρατοπεδείασ. (Polybius, Histories, book 11, chapter 32 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. on the tenth day

  2. ten days old

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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