δῐκαί-ωμα, ατος, τό,
act of right, opposed to ἀδίκημα, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1359a25 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; duty, τὰ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους δ. [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.199 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; properly amendment of a wrong, opposed to δικαιοπράγημα, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1135a13: hence, ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__a judgement, penalty, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 864e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b justification, plea of right, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.41, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.25, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 279b9, LXX.2Ki.19.28(29), “PLond.” 2.360.8 (2nd c.AD), etc.] LXX+5th c.BC+]; δικαιώματα Ἑλληνίδων πόλεων, compiled by [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus for Philip, 1st-2nd c.AD: Harpocratio Grammaticus see at {Δρύμος}. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__c plural, pleadings, documents in a suit, [[ “OGI” 13.13 (from Samos), “PLille” 29.25 (3rd c.BC), etc.] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also, credentials, [[ “BGU” 113.10 (2nd c.AD), +others ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__d act of δικαίὠσις [[ 1.3, NT.Rom.5.16. ] NT]
__II ordinance, decree, [[ LXX.Gen.26.5, LXX.Exo.15.26 (_plural_), +others, NT.Rom.1.32, 2.26 (_plural_), +others ] LXX+NT]