Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δεκέτης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δεκέτης δεκέτες

Structure: δεκετη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)/tos

Sense

  1. lasting ten years
  2. ten years old

Examples

  • Δέρκεο τὸν Τροίασ % δεκέτη λόχον εἴσιδε πῶλον εὐόπλου Δαναῶν ἔγκυον ἡσυχίησ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 1561)
  • ἵππον Ἀθήνιον ᾖσεν ἐμοὶ κακόν ἐν πυρὶ πᾶσα Ἴλιοσ ἦν, κἀγὼ κείνῃ ἅμ’ ἐφλεγόμαν, οὐ δείσασ Δαναῶν δεκέτη πόνον ἐν δ’ ἑνὶ φέγγει τῷ τότε καὶ Τρῶεσ κἀγὼ ἀπωλόμεθα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 1381)
  • ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ὁ κατήγοροσ μεμηχάνηται, τὰ δ’ ἐν Φωκεῦσι διεφθάρη πράγματα πρῶτον μὲν διὰ τὴν τύχην, ἣ πάντων ἐστὶ κυρία, ἔπειτα διὰ τὸ μῆκοσ τοῦ χρόνου καὶ τὸν δεκέτη πόλεμον. (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 1311)

Synonyms

  1. lasting ten years

  2. ten years 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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