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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

  • ἅδε ποθ’ ἁ κλεινὰ Πριάμου πόλισ, ἃν ἀλαπάξαι Ἑλλάνων δεκέτησ οὐκ ἐτάλασσεν ἄρησ ἀμφαδόν, ἀλλ’ ἵπποιο κακὸν ξύλον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 1521)
  • ἦν μὲν γὰρ δὴ τότε Κριτίασ, ὡσ ἔφη, σχεδὸν ἐγγὺσ ἤδη τῶν ἐνενήκοντα ἐτῶν, ἐγὼ δέ πῃ μάλιστα δεκέτησ· (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 25:4)

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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