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χειροδίκης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: χειροδίκης χειροδίκου

Structure: χειροδικ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: di/kh

Sense

  1. one who asserts his right by hand, uses the right of might

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative χειροδίκης χειροδίκᾱ χειροδίκαι
Genitive χειροδίκου χειροδίκαιν χειροδικῶν
Dative χειροδίκῃ χειροδίκαιν χειροδίκαις
Accusative χειροδίκην χειροδίκᾱ χειροδίκᾱς
Vocative χειροδίκα χειροδίκᾱ χειροδίκαι

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

  • οὐδέ κεν οἵ γε γηράντεσσι τοκεῦσιν ἀπὸ θρεπτήρια δοῖεν χειροδίκαι· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 22:10)

Similar forms

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

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