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δεχήμερος

dechemeros

for ten days, lasting ten days

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Where it lives

  • Epistles 1 · 0.59/10k
  • History 6 · 0.4/10k

What it meant — LSJ

for ten days, lasting ten days, terminable at ten days’ notice, renewable every ten days

for ten days, lasting ten days, θυσία Pl. Ep. 349d; ἐκεχειρία δ. truce terminable at ten days’ notice (or, renewable every ten days), Th. 5.26; ἀνοχαί Plb. 20.9.5; σπονδαὶ Th. 6.7, 10; written δεκ- BGU 812i11 (ii/iii A. D.).

II a space of ten days

δεχήμερον, τό, a space of ten days, Poll. 1.63.

In the wild

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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