δεκάς
dekas
company of ten
Appears 24 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
δεκάς, άδος, ἡ, A. company of ten, Il. 2.126, 3.25; of ships, Pers. 340, etc.: generally, company, ἧς καὶ σὺ φαίνει δεκάδος Supp. 219; number, tale, τῶν ἐτέων ἡ δ. οὐκ ὀλίγη Fr. 489; ἡ Ἀττικὴ δ., the ten Attic Orators, Scyth. 10. 2. Λύκου δ. the company of , a name given to bribed dicasts at Athens, because the bribers were to be found near the statue of in the law-courts, ap. Harp.s.v. II. the number ten, περὶ τῆς δ., title of work by Archytas, cf. 11, Metaph. 1084a12; τέλειον ἡ δ., , ib.986a8, cf. Fr. 203. III. = δεκάτη I, s.v. δεκατευταί.
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