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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 γάρ τίσ κ’ ἐθέλῃ τὰ δίκαι’ ἀγορεῦσαι γιγνώσκων, τῷ μέν τ’ ὄλβον διδοῖ εὐρύοπα Ζεύσ· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 34:4)
  • γεγραμμένων δὲ τῶν νόμων ὅ τ’ ἀσθενὴσ ὁ πλούσιόσ τε τὴν δίκην ἴσην ἔχει, ἔστιν δ’ ἐνισπεῖν τοῖσιν ἀσθενεστέροισ τὸν εὐτυχοῦντα ταὔθ’, ὅταν κλύῃ κακῶσ, νικᾷ δ’ ὁ μείων τὸν μέγαν δίκαι’ ἔχων. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 2:6)
  • καὶ γὰρ οὐκ ἄκοντί μοι δίδωσ ἔπαινον ὧν ἔγωγε βούλομαι φίλων ἀληθῆ καὶ δίκαι’ εἰπεῖν πέρι. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode12)
  • νόμῳ γὰρ τοὺσ θεοὺσ ἡγούμεθα καὶ ζῶμεν ἄδικα καὶ δίκαι’ ὡρισμένοι· (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, iambics 2:3)
  • Ὅταν μήτε αἱ ἀρχαὶ χρηματίζωσι μήτε εἰσαγώγιμοι αἱ δίκαι ὦσι μήτε τὰ ἱερὰ ἱερουργῆται μήθ’ ὅλωσ τι τῶν αἰσίων τελῆται, αὕτη ἀποφρὰσ ἡμέρα. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 9:2)

Synonyms

  1. custom

  2. order

  3. judgment

  4. lawsuit

  5. punishment

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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