δέκα
indecl., οἱ
A.
ten, Il. 2.372, Od. 9.160, etc.; οἱ δ. the Ten, Isoc. 18.6; ἡ τῶν δ. τυραννίς Arist. Ath. 41.2; also οἱ δ. the Attic Orators, Philostr. VS 2.1.14; τὰ δέκα [ἔτη] ἀφ’ ἥβης those who are ten years past 20 (the age of military service), X. HG 3.4.23; δ. ἄνδρες, = Lat. decemviri, App. Hann. 56: compds. (not in early writers, but usu. in Hellenistic Gr.) δεκα‐είς, Tab.Heracl. 2.34, Plu. Num. 3: