ἔκδῐκ-ος, ον,
lawless, unjust, ἔκδικα πάσχω [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1093 (_anapaest meter_) ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of persons, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 920, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 16.5 (_superlative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -κως[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 976, etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II maintaining the right, avenging, ἔχει θεὸς ἔ. ὄμμα [[ Batrachomyomachia 97; ἔ. χρόνος “Anthologia Graeca” 12.35 (1st c.AD: Diocles Epigrammaticus), cf. LXX.Wis.12.12. ] LXX+1st c.AD+]
__II.2 substantive, avenger, [[ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 7.4.5; αἱ Ἰβύκου ἔ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.509f. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.3 public advocate or prosecutor, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 9(1).61, 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Familiares” 13.56.1, “Michel” 459 (from Telmessus), “BMus.Inscription” 481*.315 (Ephesus, 2nd c.AD). ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.4 generally, legal representative, [[ POxy. 261.14 (1st c.AD), 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Ep.Traj.” 110, etc. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]