ἔκδικος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκ- (ek-, “outside”) +‎ δῐ́κη (díkē, “justice”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ἔκδῐκος • (ékdikos) m or f (neuter ἐκδῐ́κου); second declension

1. lawless, unjust
   • 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 1093
   • 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 920
   • 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 928:

     εἰ δ’ οἵδ’ ἁμαρτάνουσι, μὴ πλείω κακὰ
     πάθοιεν ἢ καὶ δρῶσιν ἐκδίκως ἐμέ.

     ei d’ hoíd’ hamartánousi, mḕ pleíō kakà
     páthoien ḕ kaì drôsin ekdíkōs emé.

     But if they are wrong, let them suffer no more evils than they have done unjustly to me.

2. avenging; (as substantive) avenger
   • Batrachomyomachia, 97
   • 170 CE – 240 CE, Herodian, 7 4.5
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, 2 509f
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Wisdom of Solomon 12.12
3. (law) public advocate or prosecutor
   • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Fam. 13.56.1
4. (law) legal representative
   • POxy., 261 14
   • Pliny, Ep.Traj. 110

Declension

Synonyms

• (unjust): ἄδῐκος (ádikos)

References

• ἔκδικος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)