δέκατος

A. tenth, Ἠώς Il. 6.175, etc.; as a round number, Od. 16.18, etc.

II. δεκάτη (sc. μερίς), ἡ, tenth part, tithe, τᾶς δεκάτας δεκάταν Simon. 141.4, cf. Hdt. 2.135, etc.; τῇ θεῷ τὰς δ. ἐξαιρεθῆναι Lys. 20.24; τὰ ἐκ τῆς δ. the produce of the tenth, IG 12.91, cf. Tab.Defix. 99.14: esp. as a customs-duty, D. 20.60; δεκάτη μόσχων PTeb. 307.8 (iii A.D.).

2. δεκάτη (sc. ἡμέρα), ἡ, the tenth day, Od. 9.83, al.

b. δ. προτέρα· ἡ πρὸ εἰκάδος, ὡς ὑστέρα· ἡ μετ’ εἰκάδα, Hsch.

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, Ar. Av. 922, cf. 494; δ. ὑπέρ τινος ἑστιᾶσαι D. 40.28, cf. 39.22.

4. δεκάτα· τάξις, ἄθροισμα, καὶ ἡ τῶν εἴκοσιν ἁρμάτων τάξις, Hsch.

5. δέκατον,τό, tenth part, LXX Le. 23.13,17 (pl.).