δίκη

See also: Δίκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (whence δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to show”)). Compare Sanskrit दिशा (diśā).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dí.kɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ke/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.ki/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.ci/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈði.ci/

Noun

δῐ́κη • (díkē) f (genitive δῐ́κης); first declension

custom, manner, fashion
order, law, right
judgment, justice
lawsuit, trial
punishment, penalty, vengeance, satisfaction

Inflection

First declension of ἡ δῐ́κη; τῆς δῐ́κης (Attic)

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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

δίκην δίδωμι (díkēn dídōmi, “to be punished”)
Ἀγνοδίκη (Agnodíkē)
ἄδικος (ádikos)
Ἀρχεδίκη (Arkhedíkē)
Ᾰ̓ρχέδῐκος (Arkhédikos)
δικάζω (dikázō)
Δικαίαρχος (Dikaíarkhos)
δίκαιος (díkaios)
ἔκδικος (ékdikos)
Εὐρῠδίκη (Eurudíkē)
Χαλκιδική (Khalkidikḗ)

Descendants

Greek: δίκη (díki)
→ Latin: dica

Further reading

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 (2006–2019)
G1349 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Justice idem, page 1014.
- 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.
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίκη (díkē).

Noun

δίκη • (díki) f (plural δίκες)

(law) trial

Declension

declension of δίκη

	singular	plural
nominative	δίκη •	δίκες •
genitive	δίκης •	δικών •
accusative	δίκη •	δίκες •
vocative	δίκη •	δίκες •

Related terms

αγδίκιωτος (agdíkiotos, “unrevenged”, adjective)
ακριβοδίκαιος (akrivodíkaios, “scrupulously fair”)
ανεκδίκαστος (anekdíkastos, “untried”)
ανεκδίκητος (anekdíkitos, “unrevenged”, adjective)
δίκαια (díkaia, “fairly, justly”)
δίκαιο n (díkaio, “law”)
δίκαιος (díkaios, “right, just”, adj)
δικαιοσύνη f (dikaiosýni, “judicial system”)
δικαιούμαι (dikaioúmai, “be entitled to”)
δικαίωμα n (dikaíoma, “right, power”)
δικαιώνομαι (dikaiónomai, “to be vindicated”)
δικαιώνω (dikaióno, “to justify”)
δικαίως (dikaíos, “fairly, justly”)
δικανικός (dikanikós, “forensic”, adj)
δικαστήριο (dikastírio, “court, tribunal”)
δικαστήριο n (dikastírio, “court”)
δικαστής m or f (dikastís, “judge”)
δικαστικός m or f (dikastikós, “magistrate”)
δικαστίνα f (dikastína, “lawyer”, colloquial)
δικηγορικός (dikigorikós, “lawyer's”, adjective)
δικηγόρος m or f (dikigóros, “lawyer”)
δίκιο n (díkio, “that which is right, just”)
τελεσίδικος (telesídikos, “unappealable”, adjective)

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