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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *díkā, from Proto-Indo-European *díḱeh₂, from the root *deyḱ- (“to point, show”) (whence δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to show”)). Compare Sanskrit दिशा (diśā).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dí.kɛː/ → /ˈði.ci/ → /ˈði.ci/
Noun
δῐ́κη • (díkē) f (genitive δῐ́κης); first declension
- custom, manner, fashion
- order, law, right
- judgment, justice
- lawsuit, trial
- punishment, penalty, vengeance, satisfaction
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References
Further reading
- “δίκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δίκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “δίκη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δίκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- δίκη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δίκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- G1349 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- accusation idem, page 8.
- action idem, page 9.
- amends idem, page 27.
- arbitration idem, page 38.
- case idem, page 116.
- cause idem, page 118.
- civil idem, page 133.
- finding idem, page 321.
- judgment idem, page 465.
- justice idem, page 466.
- lawsuit idem, page 480.
- litigation idem, page 495.
- mediation idem, page 521.
- proceeding idem, page 644.
- process idem, page 644.
- question idem, page 665.
- right idem, page 714.
- suit idem, page 836.
- trial idem, page 893.
- undefended idem, page 912.
- verdict idem, page 948.
- “δίκη”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δίκη (díkē).
Pronunciation
Noun
δίκη • (díki) f (plural δίκες)
- (law) trial
Declension
- ανεκδίκαστος (anekdíkastos, “untried”)
- ακριβοδίκαιος (akrivodíkaios, “scrupulously fair”)
- ανεκδίκητος (anekdíkitos, “unrevenged”, adjective)
- αγδίκιωτος (agdíkiotos, “unrevenged”, adjective)
- αρχιδικαστής (archidikastís, “chief justice”)
- δικαστήριο (dikastírio, “court, tribunal”)
- δίκαια (díkaia, “fairly, justly”)
- δίκαιο n (díkaio, “law”)
- δίκαιος (díkaios, “right, just”, adj)
- δίκιο n (díkio, “that which is right, just”)
- δικαίωμα n (dikaíoma, “right, power”)
- δικαίως (dikaíos, “fairly, justly”)
- δικαιοσύνη f (dikaiosýni, “judicial system”)
- δικαιούμαι (dikaioúmai, “be entitled to”)
- δικαιώνω (dikaióno, “to justify”)
- δικαιώνομαι (dikaiónomai, “to be vindicated”)
- δικανικός (dikanikós, “forensic”, adj)
- δικαστήριο n (dikastírio, “court”)
- δικαστίνα f (dikastína, “lawyer”, colloquial)
- δικαστικός m or f (dikastikós, “magistrate”)
- δικηγορικός (dikigorikós, “lawyer's”, adjective)
- δικηγόρος m or f (dikigóros, “lawyer”)
- δικαστής m or f (dikastís, “judge”)
- τελεσίδικος (telesídikos, “unappealable”, adjective)
Further reading