δέκατος
Ancient Greek
| 100 | ||||
| ← 1 | ← 9 | ι’ 10 |
11 → | 20 → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Cardinal: δέκᾰ (dékă) Ordinal: δέκᾰτος (dékătos) Adverbial: δεκᾰ́κῐς (dekắkĭs) Collective: δεκᾰ́ς (dekắs) | ||||
Etymology
From δέκᾰ (dékă, “ten”) + -τος (-tos, adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dé.ka.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈde.ka.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðe.ka.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðe.ka.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðe.ka.tos/
Adjective
δέκᾰτος • (dékătos) m (feminine δεκᾰ́τη, neuter δέκᾰτον); first/second declension
- tenth (ordinal number)
- one tenth (fraction)
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | δέκᾰτος dékătos |
δεκᾰ́τη dekắtē |
δέκᾰτον dékăton |
δεκᾰ́τω dekắtō |
δεκᾰ́τᾱ dekắtā |
δεκᾰ́τω dekắtō |
δέκᾰτοι dékătoi |
δέκᾰται dékătai |
δέκᾰτᾰ dékătă | |||||
| Genitive | δεκᾰ́του dekắtou |
δεκᾰ́της dekắtēs |
δεκᾰ́του dekắtou |
δεκᾰ́τοιν dekắtoin |
δεκᾰ́ταιν dekắtain |
δεκᾰ́τοιν dekắtoin |
δεκᾰ́των dekắtōn |
δεκᾰ́των dekắtōn |
δεκᾰ́των dekắtōn | |||||
| Dative | δεκᾰ́τῳ dekắtōi |
δεκᾰ́τῃ dekắtēi |
δεκᾰ́τῳ dekắtōi |
δεκᾰ́τοιν dekắtoin |
δεκᾰ́ταιν dekắtain |
δεκᾰ́τοιν dekắtoin |
δεκᾰ́τοις dekắtois |
δεκᾰ́ταις dekắtais |
δεκᾰ́τοις dekắtois | |||||
| Accusative | δέκᾰτον dékăton |
δεκᾰ́την dekắtēn |
δέκᾰτον dékăton |
δεκᾰ́τω dekắtō |
δεκᾰ́τᾱ dekắtā |
δεκᾰ́τω dekắtō |
δεκᾰ́τους dekắtous |
δεκᾰ́τᾱς dekắtās |
δέκᾰτᾰ dékătă | |||||
| Vocative | δέκᾰτε dékăte |
δεκᾰ́τη dekắtē |
δέκᾰτον dékăton |
δεκᾰ́τω dekắtō |
δεκᾰ́τᾱ dekắtā |
δεκᾰ́τω dekắtō |
δέκᾰτοι dékătoi |
δέκᾰται dékătai |
δέκᾰτᾰ dékătă | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| δεκᾰ́τως dekắtōs |
δεκᾰτώτερος dekătṓteros |
δεκᾰτώτᾰτος dekătṓtătos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
| |||||||||||||
Further reading
- “δέκατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δέκατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “δέκατος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δέκατος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δέκατος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δέκατος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “δέκατος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G1182 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- tenth idem, page 862.
Greek
| 100 | ||||
| ← 1 | ← 9 | 10 | 11 → | 20 → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Cardinal: δέκα (déka) Ordinal: δέκατος (dékatos) Greek numeral: Ι’ (I’), ι’ (i’) | ||||
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek δέκατος (dékatos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈðe.ka.tos/
- Hyphenation: δέ‧κα‧τος
Numeral
δέκατος • (dékatos) m (feminine δέκατη or δεκάτη, neuter δέκατο) (numeral adjective)
- tenth, 10th
- Ο Οκτώβριος είναι ο δέκατος μήνας του έτους.
- O Októvrios eínai o dékatos mínas tou étous.
- October is the tenth month of the year.
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | δέκατος (dékatos) | δέκατη (dékati) | δέκατο (dékato) | δέκατοι (dékatoi) | δέκατες (dékates) | δέκατα (dékata) | |
| genitive | δέκατου (dékatou) | δέκατης (dékatis) | δέκατου (dékatou) | δέκατων (dékaton) | δέκατων (dékaton) | δέκατων (dékaton) | |
| accusative | δέκατο (dékato) | δέκατη (dékati) | δέκατο (dékato) | δέκατους (dékatous) | δέκατες (dékates) | δέκατα (dékata) | |
| vocative | δέκατε (dékate) | δέκατη (dékati) | δέκατο (dékato) | δέκατοι (dékatoi) | δέκατες (dékates) | δέκατα (dékata) | |
Related terms
- αποδεκατίζω (apodekatízo, “decimate”) & related
- δέκατα m pl (dékata, “low-grade fever”)
- δεκάτη f (dekáti, “tax of one tenth”) (historical)
- δέκατο m (dékato, “one tenth, 1⁄10”)
- and see: δέκα (déka, “ten”)
See also
- Greek number and measurement