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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

  • ὅσοι μὲν ἄν, ἦν δ’ ἐγώ, πρεσβύτεροι τυγχάνωσι δεκετῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει, πάντασ ἐκπέμψωσιν εἰσ τοὺσ ἀγρούσ, τοὺσ δὲ παῖδασ αὐτῶν παραλαβόντεσ ἐκτὸσ τῶν νῦν ἠθῶν, ἃ καὶ οἱ γονῆσ ἔχουσι, θρέψωνται ἐν τοῖσ σφετέροισ τρόποισι καὶ νόμοισ, οὖσιν οἱοίσ διεληλύθαμεν τότε· (Plato, Republic, book 7 527:1)

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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