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δίκη [ῐ], ἡ,
custom, usage, αὕτη δ. ἐστὶ βροτῶν this is the way of mortals, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.218; ἡ γὰρ δ. ἐστὶ γερόντων 24.255, etc.; ἥ τ᾽ ἐστὶ δ. θείων βασιλήων 4.691; ἡ γὰρ δμώων δ. ἐστίν 14.59, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡ γὰρ δ., ὁππότε.. this is always the way, when.., [[ 19.168 (so in late Prose, ἥπερ ἱππομαχίας δ. 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 3.15.2)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; δίκαν ἐφέπειν τινός to imitate him, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.50 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. ἐπέχειν τινός to be like.., [[ 1st c.AD: Anonymus Londinensis 6.18 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; normal course of nature, ἐκ τουτέων ὁ θάνατος οὐ γίνεται κατά γε δίκην, οὐδ᾽ ἢν γένηται [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλη—ͅ τρωμάτων” 3: hence, ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 adverbial in accusative δίκην, in the way of, after the manner of, with genitive, λύκοιο [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.84; πώλου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 659; τοξότου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 705e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in later Prose, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 395b22, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dem.Enc.” 31, 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.6, etc.: mostly of living creatures or persons, but also of things, as δίκην ὕδατος, ἀγγείου, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 85 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 235d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II order, right, μή τι δίκης ἐπιδευές nothing short of what is fit, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.180; opposed to βία, might, 16.388 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to σχέτλια ἔργα, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.84; personified, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 902, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 662, etc.; Δίκης βωμός [prev. author] “Ag.” 383 (Lyric poetry), “Eu.” 539 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Truth, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.71. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __II.2 δίκη ἐστί, ={δίκαιόν ἐστι}, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 259, compare 811, “Eu.” 277. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.3 Adverb. usages, δίκῃ duly, rightly, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.542, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 112e; ἐν δίκᾳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.12, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1069, etc.; σὺν δίκῃ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 197, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.96, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 444, etc.; κατὰ δίκην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.35, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 888, etc.; μετὰ δίκης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 643e; πρὸς δίκης 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1014, “El.” 1211 (but πρὸς δίκας] Refs 8th c.BC+] on the score of justice, [[ [prev. author] “OC” 546 (Lyric poetry)); διαὶ δίκας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 641; ἐκ δίκης 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 4.77: opposed to παρὰ δίκαν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.18, etc.; ἄνευ δίκης 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 554; πέρα δίκης [prev. author] “Pr.” 30; βίᾳ δίκης [prev. author] “Supp.” 430 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δίχα δίκης without trial, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agesilaus” 32 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; πρὸ δίκης in preference to legal proceedings, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.141. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III judgement, δίκην ἰθύντατα εἰπεῖν give judgement most righteously (compare ἰθύς), [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.508: especially in _plural_, Λυκίην εἴρυτο δίκῃσί τε καὶ σθένεϊ ᾧ 16.542; περὶ οἶδε δίκας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.244, etc.; δίκαι σκολιαί 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 219, 250; κρῖνε εὐθεῖαν δίκην 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 433. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__IV after [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], of proceedings instituted to determine legal rights, hence,
__IV.1 lawsuit, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 2a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.210, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; properly private suit or action, opposed to γραφή (which see), [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.44, etc.; ἐκαλοῦντο αἱ γραφαὶ δίκαι, οὐ μέντοι αἱ δίκαι καὶ γραφαί 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 8.41 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ δίκην ἔχοντες the parties to a suit, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 7.21.8 (from Megara), compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 17. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__IV.2 trial of the case, πρὸ δίκης [[ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 5.10, etc.; μέχρι τοῦ δίκην γενέσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.53 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; court by which it was tried, ἐν ὑμῖν ἐστι καὶ τῇ δίκῃ [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.6. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.2.b δίκην εἰπεῖν to plead a cause, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.8.1; δ. μακρὰν λέγειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 776, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 12. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.3 the object or consequence of the action, atonement, satisfaction, penalty, δίκην ἐκτίνειν, τίνειν, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.94, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 113 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: adverbially in accusative, τοῦ δίκην πάσχεις τάδ; [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 614 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; frequently δίκην or δίκας διδόναι suffer punishment, i. e. make amends (but δίκας δ., in [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 703 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+], to grant arbitration); δίκας διδόναι τινί τινος [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.2, compare 5.106; ἔμελλε τῶνδέ μοι δώσειν δίκην 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 538, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἀντί or ὑπέρ τινος, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 433, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.42 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also δίκην διδόναι ὑπὸ θεῶν to be punished by.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 525b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but δίκας ἤθελον δοῦναι they consented to submit to trial, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.28 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δίκας λαμβάνειν sometimes ={δ. διδόναι}, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.115; δίκην ἀξίαν ἐλάμβανες 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1312, “Heracl.” 852 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; more frequently its correlative, inflict punishment, take vengeance, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.29, etc.; λαβεῖν δίκην παρά τινος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.92, compare 9.2, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so δίκην ἔχειν to have one's punishment, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.9, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 529c (but ἔχω τὴν δ.] Refs 5th c.BC+] have satisfaction, [[ [prev. author] “Ep.” 319e; παρά τινος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.45)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δίκας or δίκην ὑπέχειν stand trial, [[ [prev. author] 2.118, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 552; δίκην παρασχεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 50 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θανάτου δίκην ὀφλεῖν ὑπό τινος to incur the death penalty, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 39b; δίκας λαγχάνειν τινί 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.78; δίκης τυχεῖν παρά τινος [prev. work]142; δίκην ὀφείλειν, ὀφλεῖν, [prev. author] 21.77, 47.63; ἐρήμην ὀφλεῖν τὴν δ. 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δίκην φεύγειν try to escape it, be the defendant in the trial (opposed to διώκειν prosecute), [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 38.2 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; δίκας αἰτέειν demand satisfaction, τινός for a thing, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.114; δ. ἐπιτιθέναι τινί [prev. author] 1.120 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινός for a thing, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.1.5; δίκαι ἐπιφερόμεναι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1302b24; δίκας ἀφιέναι τινί 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.79 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δίκας ἑλεῖν, see at {ἔρημος} 11; δίκην τείσασθαι, see at {τίνω} 11; δὸς δὲ δίκην καὶ δέξο παρὰ Ζηνί [[ “hymnus ad Mercurium” 312 ] Refs]; δίκας διδόναι καὶ λαμβάνειν παρ᾽ ἀλλήλων, of communities, submit causes to trial, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.83; δίκην δοῦναι καὶ λαβεῖν ἐν τῷ δήμῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 1.18, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δίκας δοῦναι καὶ δέξασθαι submit differences to a peaceful settlement, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.59. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus ] Refs 4th c.BC+] name for three, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.381f, “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 12] Refs 1st c.AD+]; for five, [[[prev. work]31. (Cf. Sanskrit ] Refs]diś-, diśā 'direction', 'quarter of the heavens'.)
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