δεκάτη, ἡ, v. δέκατος.
δέκᾰτος
(Arc. δέκοτος IG 5(2).282 (Mantinea, v B.C.), also Aeol. in Epigr.Gr. 988.5 (Balbilla)), η, ον: (δέκα): -
I tenth, Ἠώς Il. 6.175, etc.; as a round number, Od. 16.18, etc.
II δεκάτη (sc. μερίς), ἡ,
1. 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. 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 [Lev 23:13]; [Lev 23:17] (pl.).
G1181 — δεκάτῃ
δεκάτης, ἡ (δέκατος), the tenth part of anything, a tithe; specially the tenth part of booty taken from the enemy: [Heb 7:2], [Heb 7:4]; the tithes of the fruits of the earth and of the flocks, which, by the law of Moses, were presented to the Levites in the congregation of Israel: [Heb 7:8]f (In Greek writings from (Simonides 133 Bgk.; Herodotus 2, 135); 4, 152 down; the Sept. for מַעֲשֵׂר.) (Cf. BB. DD. under the word .)
δεκάτη , - ης , ἡ ,
prop . fem. ( sc . μέρος ) of δέκατος , - η , - ον ,
[in LXX for H4643: [Gen 14:20], [Neh 12:44], et al. ;]
a tenth part, a tithe: [Heb 7:2-4]; [Heb 7:8-9] (for a curious inversion of the Biblical use, v. MM , s.v. ). †