δεκα-ετής,ές, orδεκα-έτης,ες,
A. ten years old,
Hdt. 1.114 , Hp. Epid. 1.10 .
II. oforlasting ten years,
πόλεμος
Th. 5.25
, 26 codd., Jul. Or. 2.74b . (Cf.δεκέτης.)— The statements of Gramm. as to the accentuation of this and similar words are confused, cf. Poll. 1.54 , EM 765.21 , Choerob. in Theod. 1.167 , 2.385 : they were prob. parox. in Attic, oxyt. in theκοινή.