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δίκη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δίκη δίκης

Structure: δικ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. custom, manner, fashion
  2. order, law, right
  3. judgment, justice
  4. lawsuit, trial
  5. punishment, penalty, vengeance, satisfaction

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

  • εἰ μή τινα θερσιεπὴσ φθόνοσ βιᾶται, αἰνείτω σοφὸν ἄνδρα σὺν δίκᾳ. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 13 46:1)
  • τὰ θεόθεν ἐπιδέτω Δίκα, τὰ δὲ παρ’ ἀνδράσιν τέλειά σοι φαίνεται. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, antistrophe5)
  • δίκα δίκαν δ’ ἐκάλεσε καὶ φόνοσ φόνον, κακῶν δ’ ἀναψυχὰσ θεοὶ βροτοῖσ νέμουσι, πάντων τέρμ’ ἔχοντεσ αὐτοί. (Euripides, Suppliants, choral, antistrophe 17)
  • ἔτ’ ἂν θεοῦ θέλοντοσ ἔλθοι δίκα πατρῷοσ· (Euripides, Suppliants, choral, antistrophe 21)
  • ποῦ δίκα ξένων; (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric9)

Synonyms

  1. custom

  2. order

  3. judgment

  4. lawsuit

  5. punishment

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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