δέκα

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : δέκα (déka)     Ordinal : δέκατος (dékatos)     Adverbial : δεκάκις (dekákis)

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *dékə, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t. Cognates include Sanskrit दश (dáśa), Latin decem, Old Armenian տասն (tasn) and Old English tīen (English ten).

Numeral

δέκᾰ • (déka) (ordinal δέκᾰτος, adverbial δεκᾰ́κῐς)

1. (cardinal number) ten

Derived terms

• τεσσᾰρεσκαίδεκᾰ (tessareskaídeka)

Descendants

• English: deca-
• Greek: δέκα (déka)

References

• Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• BDAG
• G1176 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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Greek

Greek cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : δέκα (déka)     Ordinal : δέκατος (dékatos)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέκα (déka), from Proto-Hellenic *dékə, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [ˈðe̞ka]
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Hyphenation: δέ‧κα

Numeral

δέκα • (déka) (invariable)

1. (cardinal number) ten

See also

• Greek number and measurement