Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἔκδικος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔκδικος ἔκδικον

Structure: ἐκδικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: di/kh

Sense

  1. without law, lawless, unjust
  2. maintaining the right, avenging

Examples

  • οἱ δ’ Ἴβυκον ἀποκτείναντεσ οὐχ οὕτωσ ἑάλωσαν, ἐν θεάτρῳ καθήμενοι καὶ γεράνων παραφανεισῶν πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ ἅμα γέλωτι ψιθυρίζοντεσ, ὡσ αἱ Ἰβύκου ἔκδικοι πάρεισιν; (Plutarch, De garrulitate, section 14 2:6)
  • ἅμα γέλωτι ψιθυρίζοντεσ, ὡσ αἱ Ἰβύκου ἔκδικοι πάρεισιν; (Plutarch, De garrulitate, section 14 6:2)

Synonyms

  1. without law

Related

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

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