δίκαιος
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See also: Δίκαιος
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From δῐ́κη (dĭ́kē, “custom, right”) + -ῐος (-ĭos, adjective suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dí.kai̯.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdi.kɛ.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈði.cɛ.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈði.ce.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈði.ce.os/
Adjective
[edit]δῐ́καιος • (dĭ́kaios) m (feminine δῐκαίᾱ, neuter δῐ́καιον); first/second declension
- observant of custom, orderly, civilized
- righteous
- equal, even, balanced
- exact, specific
- lawful, just, right
- fitting, normal
- real, genuine
Declension
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | δῐ́καιος dĭ́kaios |
δῐκαίᾱ dĭkaíā |
δῐ́καιον dĭ́kaion |
δῐκαίω dĭkaíō |
δῐκαίᾱ dĭkaíā |
δῐκαίω dĭkaíō |
δῐ́καιοι dĭ́kaioi |
δῐ́καιαι dĭ́kaiai |
δῐ́καιᾰ dĭ́kaiă | |||||
Genitive | δῐκαίου dĭkaíou |
δῐκαίᾱς dĭkaíās |
δῐκαίου dĭkaíou |
δῐκαίοιν dĭkaíoin |
δῐκαίαιν dĭkaíain |
δῐκαίοιν dĭkaíoin |
δῐκαίων dĭkaíōn |
δῐκαίων dĭkaíōn |
δῐκαίων dĭkaíōn | |||||
Dative | δῐκαίῳ dĭkaíōi |
δῐκαίᾳ dĭkaíāi |
δῐκαίῳ dĭkaíōi |
δῐκαίοιν dĭkaíoin |
δῐκαίαιν dĭkaíain |
δῐκαίοιν dĭkaíoin |
δῐκαίοις dĭkaíois |
δῐκαίαις dĭkaíais |
δῐκαίοις dĭkaíois | |||||
Accusative | δῐ́καιον dĭ́kaion |
δῐκαίᾱν dĭkaíān |
δῐ́καιον dĭ́kaion |
δῐκαίω dĭkaíō |
δῐκαίᾱ dĭkaíā |
δῐκαίω dĭkaíō |
δῐκαίους dĭkaíous |
δῐκαίᾱς dĭkaíās |
δῐ́καιᾰ dĭ́kaiă | |||||
Vocative | δῐ́καιε dĭ́kaie |
δῐκαίᾱ dĭkaíā |
δῐ́καιον dĭ́kaion |
δῐκαίω dĭkaíō |
δῐκαίᾱ dĭkaíā |
δῐκαίω dĭkaíō |
δῐ́καιοι dĭ́kaioi |
δῐ́καιαι dĭ́kaiai |
δῐ́καιᾰ dĭ́kaiă | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
δῐκαίως dĭkaíōs |
δῐκαιότερος dĭkaióteros |
δῐκαιότᾰτος dĭkaiótătos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Antonyms
[edit]- ἄδικος (ádikos)
Derived terms
[edit]- Δῐ́καιος m (Dĭ́kaios)
- δῐκαιοσῠ́νη f (dĭkaiosŭ́nē)
- ὀρθοδῐ́καιος (orthodĭ́kaios, adjective)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δίκη (> DER > δίκαιος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 334-5
Further reading
[edit]- “δίκαιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δίκαιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “δίκαιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δίκαιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- δίκαιος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δίκαιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “δίκαιος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G1342 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- commendable idem, page 147.
- deserved idem, page 215.
- due idem, page 255.
- entitle idem, page 278.
- equitable idem, page 280.
- fair idem, page 302.
- honest idem, page 404.
- impartial idem, page 419.
- just idem, page 466.
- laudable idem, page 478.
- lawful idem, page 480.
- merited idem, page 526.
- moral idem, page 540.
- right idem, page 714.
- righteous idem, page 715.
- unbiassed idem, page 908.
- unprejudiced idem, page 927.
- worthy idem, page 991.
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek δίκαιος (díkaios, “right, just, honest”).
Adjective
[edit]δίκαιος • (díkaios) m (feminine δίκαιη, neuter δίκαιο)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | δίκαιος (díkaios) | δίκαιη (díkaii) | δίκαιο (díkaio) | δίκαιοι (díkaioi) | δίκαιες (díkaies) | δίκαια (díkaia) | |
genitive | δίκαιου (díkaiou) | δίκαιης (díkaiis) | δίκαιου (díkaiou) | δίκαιων (díkaion) | δίκαιων (díkaion) | δίκαιων (díkaion) | |
accusative | δίκαιο (díkaio) | δίκαιη (díkaii) | δίκαιο (díkaio) | δίκαιους (díkaious) | δίκαιες (díkaies) | δίκαια (díkaia) | |
vocative | δίκαιε (díkaie) | δίκαιη (díkaii) | δίκαιο (díkaio) | δίκαιοι (díkaioi) | δίκαιες (díkaies) | δίκαια (díkaia) |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο δίκαιος, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο δίκαιος, etc.)
Derivations: relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο δικαιότερος", etc)
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Related terms
[edit]- see: δίκη f (díki, “trial”)
Descendants
[edit]- → Romanian: dichiu
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deyḱ-
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ιος
- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek adjectives
- Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms
- grc:Ethics
- grc:Law
- Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek lemmas
- Greek adjectives
- Greek adjectives in declension ος-η-ο