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δωσίδικος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δωσίδικος δωσίδικον

Structure: δωσιδικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: di/kh

Sense

  1. giving oneself up to justice, abiding by the law

Examples

  • Ἀρταφρένησ ὁ Σαρδίων ὕπαρχοσ μεταπεμψάμενοσ ἀγγέλουσ ἐκ τῶν πολίων συνθήκασ σφίσι αὐτοῖσι τοὺσ Ιὤνασ ἠνάγκασε ποιέεσθαι, ἵνα δωσίδικοι εἰε͂ν καὶ μὴ ἀλλήλουσ φέροιέν τε καὶ ἄγοιεν. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 6, chapter 42 2:2)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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