to exact the tenth part from a man, to make him pay tithe, τούτους δεκατεῦσαι τῶι θεῶι to make them pay a tithe to the god, Hdt.:— also of things, δ. τὰ ἐξ ἀγροῦ ὡραῖα to tithe them (as an offering), Xen.: and so, Pass., δεκατευθῆναι τῶι Διΐ Hdt.: hence proverb., ἐλπὶς ἦν δεκατευθῆναι τὰς Θήβας, i. e. that it would be made to pay tithe, Xen.
Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.
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