Δεκατεύειν
to tithe
Translated by David Whitehead18 Oct 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Meaning to exact a tithe and to plunder. Property taken from enemies used to be tithed to the gods; hence, technically speaking, tithing is consecration, but as a metaphor a "tithe" [can be] anything taken and demanded.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Δεκατεύειν· ἀντὶ τοῦ δεκάτην εἰσπράττεσθαι καὶ λαφυραγωγεῖν. τὰ δ' ἐκ τῶν πολεμίων ληφθέντα ἐδεκατεύοντο θεοῖς, διὸ κυρίως δεκατεῦσαι τὸ καθιερῶσαι, κατὰ μεταφορὰν δὲ καὶ τὸ δεκάτην ὁπωσοῦν λαβεῖν καὶ ἀπαιτῆσαι.
Betacode
*dekateu/ein: a)nti\ tou= deka/thn ei)spra/ttesqai kai\ lafuragwgei=n. ta\ d' e)k tw=n polemi/wn lhfqe/nta e)dekateu/onto qeoi=s, dio\ kuri/ws dekateu=sai to\ kaqierw=sai, kata\ metafora\n de\ kai\ to\ deka/thn o(pwsou=n labei=n kai\ a)paith=sai.
Notes
- Abridged from Harpokration s.v., an entry prompted by Demosthenes 22.77 (and also citing other oratory, and Didymus).
See also delta 181.
Linked from4 entries
- α437Ἀδεκατεύτουςnot having tithedAristophanes [sc. says this for those who are in the position of] not having paid taxes; for they dedicated in the Prytaneion tithes of the bellies of the sacrificial animals as their tenth share.
- δ181Δεκατεύεινto pay a tithe[Meaning] to give a tenth. "As to these the Greeks swore that, if they should conquer [the Persians], they would campaign [against the collaborators] and impose a tithe to the Pythian on all." "When I was invited to the…
- δ183Δεκατευτάςtithe-men[Meaning] tax-men, [the ones] exacting and collecting the tithe. So Antiphon [sc. uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is] dekatelogoi, [meaning] the same [men]. They say dekatelogos in the feminine also.
- ε857ἘλλιμενίζωI exact harbor tax[no gloss]
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