δεκάς

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