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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Derived from δέκᾰ (déka) + -ᾰ́ς (-ás); compare δυάς (duás), τριάς (triás), τετράς (tetrás), χιλιάς (khiliás), μυριάς (muriás). Formal similarities with Proto-Slavic *desętь, Lithuanian dešimt, Latvian desmit (dental suffix indicating collectivity).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.kás/ → /ðeˈkas/ → /ðeˈkas/
Noun
δεκᾰ́ς • (dekás) f (genitive δεκᾰ́δος); third declension
- the number ten
- a group of ten, decade (i.e. ten of something, not necessarily years)
Inflection
Descendants
References
- “δεκάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δεκάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δεκάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δεκάς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δεκάς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- δεκάς in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.