δίκη

See also: Δίκη, δίκῃ, and δική

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *díkā, from Proto-Indo-European *díḱeh₂, from the root *deyḱ- (“to point, show”) (whence δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to show”)). Compare Sanskrit दिशा (diśā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dí.kɛː/ → /ˈði.ci/ → /ˈði.ci/

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

Noun

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

1. custom, manner, fashion
2. order, law, right
3. judgment, justice
4. lawsuit, trial
5. punishment, penalty, vengeance, satisfaction

Declension

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

• Ἀγνοδίκη (Agnodíkē)
• ἄδικος (ádikos)
• Ἀρχεδίκη (Arkhedíkē)
• Ἀρχέδικος (Arkhédikos)
• δικάζω (dikázō)
• Δικαίαρχος (Dikaíarkhos)
• δίκαιος (díkaios)
• δίκην δίδωμι (díkēn dídōmi, “to be punished”)
• ἔκδικος (ékdikos)
• Εὐρυδίκη (Eurudíkē)
• Λυσιδίκη (Lusidíkē)
• 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 (2006–2024)
• 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] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίκη (díkē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈði.ci/

Noun

δίκη • (díki) f (plural δίκες)

1. (law) trial

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	δίκη (díki)	δίκες (díkes)
genitive	δίκης (díkis)	δικών (dikón)
accusative	δίκη (díki)	δίκες (díkes)
vocative	δίκη (díki)	δίκες (díkes)

Related terms

• 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

• δίκη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language