δίκη
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Hellenic *díkā, from Proto-Indo-European *díḱeh₂, from the root *deyḱ- (“to point, show”) (whence δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to show”)). Compare Sanskrit दिशा (diśā).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dí.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdi.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈði.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈði.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈði.ci/
Noun
editδῐ́κη • (díkē) f (genitive δῐ́κης); first declension
- custom, manner, fashion
- order, law, right
- judgment, justice
- lawsuit, trial
- punishment, penalty, vengeance, satisfaction
Declension
edit| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ δῐ́κη hē díkē |
τὼ δῐ́κᾱ tṑ díkā |
αἱ δῐ́και hai díkai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς δῐ́κης tês díkēs |
τοῖν δῐ́καιν toîn díkain |
τῶν δῐκῶν tôn dikôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ δῐ́κῃ têi díkēi |
τοῖν δῐ́καιν toîn díkain |
ταῖς δῐ́καις taîs díkais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν δῐ́κην tḕn díkēn |
τὼ δῐ́κᾱ tṑ díkā |
τᾱ̀ς δῐ́κᾱς tā̀s díkās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δῐ́κη díkē |
δῐ́κᾱ díkā |
δῐ́και díkai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δίκη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 334-5
Further reading
edit- “δίκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δίκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “δίκη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δίκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- δίκη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δίκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- G1349 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- accusation idem, page 8.
- action idem, page 9.
- amends idem, page 27.
- arbitration idem, page 38.
- case idem, page 116.
- cause idem, page 118.
- civil idem, page 133.
- finding idem, page 321.
- judgment idem, page 465.
- justice idem, page 466.
- lawsuit idem, page 480.
- litigation idem, page 495.
- mediation idem, page 521.
- proceeding idem, page 644.
- process idem, page 644.
- question idem, page 665.
- right idem, page 714.
- suit idem, page 836.
- trial idem, page 893.
- undefended idem, page 912.
- verdict idem, page 948.
- “δίκη”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek δίκη (díkē).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editδίκη • (díki) f (plural δίκες)
Declension
editDeclension of δίκη
Related terms
edit- ανεκδίκαστος (anekdíkastos, “untried”)
- ακριβοδίκαιος (akrivodíkaios, “scrupulously fair”)
- ανεκδίκητος (anekdíkitos, “unrevenged”, adjective)
- αγδίκιωτος (agdíkiotos, “unrevenged”, adjective)
- αρχιδικαστής (archidikastís, “chief justice”)
- δικαστήριο (dikastírio, “court, tribunal”)
- δίκαια (díkaia, “fairly, justly”)
- δίκαιο n (díkaio, “law”)
- δίκαιος (díkaios, “right, just”, adj)
- δίκιο n (díkio, “that which is right, just”)
- δικαίωμα n (dikaíoma, “right, power”)
- δικαίως (dikaíos, “fairly, justly”)
- δικαιοσύνη f (dikaiosýni, “judicial system”)
- δικαιούμαι (dikaioúmai, “be entitled to”)
- δικαιώνω (dikaióno, “to justify”)
- δικαιώνομαι (dikaiónomai, “to be vindicated”)
- δικανικός (dikanikós, “forensic”, adj)
- δικαστήριο n (dikastírio, “court”)
- δικαστίνα f (dikastína, “lawyer”, colloquial)
- δικαστικός m or f (dikastikós, “magistrate”)
- δικηγορικός (dikigorikós, “lawyer's”, adjective)
- δικηγόρος m or f (dikigóros, “lawyer”)
- δικαστής m or f (dikastís, “judge”)
- τελεσίδικος (telesídikos, “unappealable”, adjective)
Further reading
edit- δίκη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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