Δίκη

See also: δίκη, δίκῃ, and δική

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δίκη (díkē, “justice, custom”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dí.kɛː/ → /ˈði.ci/ → /ˈði.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dí.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈði.ci/

Proper noun

Δίκη • (Díkē) f (genitive Δίκης); first declension

1. (mythology) Dike

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Δῐ́κη; τῆς Δῐ́κης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Δῐ́κη hē Dĭ́kē	τὼ Δῐ́κᾱ tṑ Dĭ́kā	αἱ Δῐ́και hai Dĭ́kai
Genitive	τῆς Δῐ́κης tês Dĭ́kēs	τοῖν Δῐ́καιν toîn Dĭ́kain	τῶν Δῐκῶν tôn Dĭkôn
Dative	τῇ Δῐ́κῃ tēî Dĭ́kēi	τοῖν Δῐ́καιν toîn Dĭ́kain	ταῖς Δῐ́καις taîs Dĭ́kais
Accusative	τὴν Δῐ́κην tḕn Dĭ́kēn	τὼ Δῐ́κᾱ tṑ Dĭ́kā	τᾱ̀ς Δῐ́κᾱς tā̀s Dĭ́kās
Vocative	Δῐ́κη Dĭ́kē	Δῐ́κᾱ Dĭ́kā	Δῐ́και Dĭ́kai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Dike
• Greek: Δίκη (Díki)

References

• Δίκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014