- Greek-English Dictionary

Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δεκέτης?

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration: deketēs

Principal Part: δεκέτης δεκέτες

Structure: δεκετη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ἔτος

Sense

  1. lasting ten years
  2. ten years old

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

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

명사

형용사

동사

부사

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION