ἔκδικος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐκ- (ek-, “outside”) + δῐ́κη (díkē, “justice”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /éɡ.di.kos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɛɡ.di.kos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈeɡ.ði.kos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈeɡ.ði.kos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈeɡ.ði.kos/
Adjective
ἔκδῐκος • (ékdikos) m, f (neuter ἐκδῐ́κου); second declension
- lawless, unjust
- 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 1093
- 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 920
- 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 928:
- εἰ δ’ οἵδ’ ἁμαρτάνουσι, μὴ πλείω κακὰ
πάθοιεν ἢ καὶ δρῶσιν ἐκδίκως ἐμέ.- ei d’ hoíd’ hamartánousi, mḕ pleíō kakà
páthoien ḕ kaì drôsin ekdíkōs emé. - But if they are wrong, let them suffer no more evils than they have done unjustly to me.
- ei d’ hoíd’ hamartánousi, mḕ pleíō kakà
- εἰ δ’ οἵδ’ ἁμαρτάνουσι, μὴ πλείω κακὰ
- avenging; (as substantive) avenger
- Batrachomyomachia, 97
- 170 CE – 240 CE, Herodian, 7 4.5
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, 2 509f
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Wisdom of Solomon 12.12
- (law) public advocate or prosecutor
- 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Fam. 13.56.1
- (law) legal representative
- POxy., 261 14
- Pliny, Ep.Traj. 110
Declension
Second declension of ἔκδῐκος; ἔκδῐκον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἔκδῐκος ékdikos | ἔκδῐκον ékdikon | ἐκδῐ́κω ekdíkō | ἐκδῐ́κω ekdíkō | ἔκδῐκοι ékdikoi | ἔκδῐκᾰ ékdika | ||||||||
Genitive | ἐκδῐ́κου ekdíkou | ἐκδῐ́κου ekdíkou | ἐκδῐ́κοιν ekdíkoin | ἐκδῐ́κοιν ekdíkoin | ἐκδῐ́κων ekdíkōn | ἐκδῐ́κων ekdíkōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἐκδῐ́κῳ ekdíkōi | ἐκδῐ́κῳ ekdíkōi | ἐκδῐ́κοιν ekdíkoin | ἐκδῐ́κοιν ekdíkoin | ἐκδῐ́κοις ekdíkois | ἐκδῐ́κοις ekdíkois | ||||||||
Accusative | ἔκδῐκον ékdikon | ἔκδῐκον ékdikon | ἐκδῐ́κω ekdíkō | ἐκδῐ́κω ekdíkō | ἐκδῐ́κους ekdíkous | ἔκδῐκᾰ ékdika | ||||||||
Vocative | ἔκδῐκε ékdike | ἔκδῐκον ékdikon | ἐκδῐ́κω ekdíkō | ἐκδῐ́κω ekdíkō | ἔκδῐκοι ékdikoi | ἔκδῐκᾰ ékdika | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἐκδῐ́κως ekdíkōs | ἐκδῐκώτερος ekdikṓteros | ἐκδῐκώτᾰτος ekdikṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (unjust): ἄδῐκος (ádikos)
References
- ἔκδικος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)