δεκάς

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

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /de.kás/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /deˈkas/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðeˈkas/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðeˈkas/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /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

Third declension of ἡ δεκᾰ́ς; τῆς δεκᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δεκᾰ́ς hē dekás	τὼ δεκᾰ́δε tṑ dekáde	αἱ δεκᾰ́δες hai dekádes
Genitive	τῆς δεκᾰ́δος tês dekádos	τοῖν δεκᾰ́δοιν toîn dekádoin	τῶν δεκᾰ́δων tôn dekádōn
Dative	τῇ δεκᾰ́δῐ têi dekádi	τοῖν δεκᾰ́δοιν toîn dekádoin	ταῖς δεκᾰ́σῐ / δεκᾰ́σῐν taîs dekási(n)
Accusative	τὴν δεκᾰ́δᾰ tḕn dekáda	τὼ δεκᾰ́δε tṑ dekáde	τᾱ̀ς δεκᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s dekádas
Vocative	δεκᾰ́ς dekás	δεκᾰ́δε dekáde	δεκᾰ́δες dekádes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

English: decade

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 (2006–2023)
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.
- ten idem, page 860.