δέκᾰτος
[[(4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus ] Refs 4th c.AD+] δέκοτος [[ “IG” 5(2).282 (Mantinea, 5th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+], also Aeolic dialect in [[ “epigram Gr.” 988.5 (from Balbilla))] Refs], η, ον: (δέκα):— tenth, Ἠώς [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.175, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; as a round number, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.18, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II δεκάτη (i.e. μερίς), ἡ, tenth part, tithe, τᾶς δεκάτας δεκάταν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 141.4, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.135, etc.; τῇ θεῷ τὰς δ. ἐξαιρεθῆναι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐκ τῆς δ. the produce of the tenth, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 12.91, compare “Tab.Defix.” 99.14: especially as a customs-duty, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.60; δεκάτη μόσχων “PTeb.” 307.8 (3rd c.AD). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 δεκάτη (i.e. ἡμέρα), ἡ, the tenth day, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.83, +others ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.2.b δ. προτέρα· ἡ πρὸ εἰκάδος, ὡς ὑστέρα· ἡ μετ᾽ εἰκάδα, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__II.3 festival on the tenth day after birth, when the child has a name given it, τὴν δ. θύειν to give a naming-day feast, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 922, compare 494; δ. ὑπέρ τινος ἑστιᾶσαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 40.28, compare 39.22. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 δεκάτα· τάξις, ἄθροισμα, καὶ ἡ τῶν εἴκοσιν ἁρμάτων τάξις, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]