δικαστής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

δῐκᾰ́ζω (dikázō, “to judge”) +‎ -της (-tēs, “-er”, masculine agent-noun suffix): literally, “judger”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.kas.tɛ̌ːs/ → /ði.kasˈtis/ → /ði.kasˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.kas.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.kasˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.kasˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.kasˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.kasˈtis/

Noun

δῐκᾰστής • (dikastḗs) m (genitive δῐκᾰστοῦ); first declension (Attic, Ionic, Koine)

1. (law) judge
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.96.2:

     οἱ δ’ ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς κώμης Μῆδοι ὁρῶντες αὐτοῦ τοὺς τρόπους δικαστήν μιν ἑωυτῶν αἱρέοντο.

     hoi d’ ek tês autês kṓmēs Mêdoi horôntes autoû toùs trópous dikastḗn min heōutôn hairéonto.

     Then the Medes from the same town, seeing his behavior, chose him to be their judge.

   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.14.2–3
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.31
   • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers 120
   • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 81
2. (law, in Athens) juror, juryman
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 1136:

     ἐν τοῖς δικασταῖς, κοὐκ ἐμοί, τόδ’ ἐσφάλη.

     en toîs dikastaîs, kouk emoí, tód’ esphálē.

     • Translation by Sir Richard Jebb

       At the hands of the jurymen, not mine, he suffered that loss.

Declension

First declension of ὁ δῐκαστής; τοῦ δῐκαστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δῐκαστής ho dikastḗs	τὼ δῐκαστᾱ́ tṑ dikastā́	οἱ δῐκασταί hoi dikastaí
Genitive	τοῦ δῐκαστοῦ toû dikastoû	τοῖν δῐκασταῖν toîn dikastaîn	τῶν δῐκαστῶν tôn dikastôn
Dative	τῷ δῐκαστῇ tôi dikastêi	τοῖν δῐκασταῖν toîn dikastaîn	τοῖς δῐκασταῖς toîs dikastaîs
Accusative	τὸν δῐκαστήν tòn dikastḗn	τὼ δῐκαστᾱ́ tṑ dikastā́	τοὺς δῐκαστᾱ́ς toùs dikastā́s
Vocative	δῐκαστᾰ́ dikastá	δῐκαστᾱ́ dikastā́	δῐκασταί dikastaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ὁ δῐκαστής; τοῦ δῐκαστέω (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δῐκαστής ho dikastḗs	τὼ δῐκαστᾱ́ tṑ dikastā́	οἱ δῐκασταί hoi dikastaí
Genitive	τοῦ δῐκαστέω / δῐκαστῶ toû dikastéō / dikastô	τοῖν δῐκασταῖν toîn dikastaîn	τῶν δῐκαστέων / δῐκαστῶν tôn dikastéōn / dikastôn
Dative	τῷ δῐκαστῇ tôi dikastêi	τοῖν δῐκασταῖν toîn dikastaîn	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν δῐκαστῇσῐ / δῐκαστῇσῐν toîsi(n) dikastêisi(n)
Accusative	τὸν δῐκαστήν tòn dikastḗn	τὼ δῐκαστᾱ́ tṑ dikastā́	τοὺς δῐκαστᾱ́ς toùs dikastā́s
Vocative	δῐκαστᾰ́ dikastá	δῐκαστᾱ́ dikastā́	δῐκασταί dikastaí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Synonyms

• δικαστήρ (dikastḗr)

Related terms

• δικαστήριον (dikastḗrion)

Further reading

• “δικαστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δικαστής (dikastḗs). Synchronically analysable as δικάζω (dikázo) +‎ -τής (-tís).

Noun

δικαστής • (dikastís) m or f (plural δικαστές, feminine δικαστίνα)

1. (law) judge

Declension

Declension of δικαστής

	singular	plural
nominative	δικαστής •	δικαστές •
genitive	δικαστή •	δικαστών •
accusative	δικαστή •	δικαστές •
vocative	δικαστή •	δικαστές •

Further reading

• δικαστής on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el