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δικαιοσύνη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: δικαιοσύνη δικαιοσύνης

Structure: δικαιοσυν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from di/kaios

Sense

  1. righteousness, justice
  2. fulfillment of the law
  3. Pythagorean name for four

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • κλῖνον ὁ Θεόσ μου τὸ οὗσ σου καὶ ἄκουσον. ἄνοιξον τοὺσ ὀφθαλμούσ σου καὶ ἰδὲ τὸν ἀφανισμὸν ἡμῶν καὶ τῆσ πόλεώσ σου, ἐφ’ ἧσ ἐπικέκληται τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐπ’ αὐτῆσ, ὅτι οὐκ ἐπὶ ταῖσ δικαιοσύναισ ἡμῶν ριπτοῦμεν τὸν οἰκτιρμὸν ἡμῶν ἐνώπιόν σου, ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ τοὺσ οἰκτιρμούσ σου τοὺσ πολλούσ, Κύριε. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 9:18)

Synonyms

  1. righteousness

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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