ἀδίκη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
The suffix "-ίκη" is found also in ἑλίκη (helíkē) and μυρίκη (muríkē, “tamarisk”). A connection with Proto-West Germanic *natilā (“nettle”) has been proposed. Alternatively it might be a substrate word, maybe from Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.dí.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈdi.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈði.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈði.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈði.ci/
Noun
ἀδῐ́κη • (adíkē) f (genitive ἀδῐ́κης); first declension
- nettle (Urtica dioica)
- Synonym: ἀκᾰλήφη (akalḗphē)
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ἀδῐ́κη; τῆς ἀδῐ́κης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἀδῐ́κη hē adíkē | τὼ ἀδῐ́κᾱ tṑ adíkā | αἱ ἀδῐ́και hai adíkai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἀδῐ́κης tês adíkēs | τοῖν ἀδῐ́καιν toîn adíkain | τῶν ἀδῐκῶν tôn adikôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἀδῐ́κῃ têi adíkēi | τοῖν ἀδῐ́καιν toîn adíkain | ταῖς ἀδῐ́καις taîs adíkais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἀδῐ́κην tḕn adíkēn | τὼ ἀδῐ́κᾱ tṑ adíkā | τᾱ̀ς ἀδῐ́κᾱς tā̀s adíkās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀδῐ́κη adíkē | ἀδῐ́κᾱ adíkā | ἀδῐ́και adíkai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀδίκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀδίκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀδίκη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 21