ἄδικος

See also: άδικος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “without”, negative prefix) +‎ δίκη (díkē, “justice”) +‎ -ος (-os, adjective forming suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.di.kos/ → /ˈa.ði.kos/ → /ˈa.ði.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.di.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.di.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ði.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ði.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ði.kos/

Adjective

ἄδῐκος • (ádĭkos) m or f (neuter ἄδῐκον); second declension

1. unjust
2. wrong

Declension

Second declension of ᾰ̓́δῐκος; ᾰ̓́δῐκον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓́δῐκος ắdĭkos	ᾰ̓́δῐκον ắdĭkon		ᾰ̓δῐ́κω ădĭ́kō	ᾰ̓δῐ́κω ădĭ́kō		ᾰ̓́δῐκοι ắdĭkoi	ᾰ̓́δῐκᾰ ắdĭkă
Genitive		ᾰ̓δῐ́κου ădĭ́kou	ᾰ̓δῐ́κου ădĭ́kou		ᾰ̓δῐ́κοιν ădĭ́koin	ᾰ̓δῐ́κοιν ădĭ́koin		ᾰ̓δῐ́κων ădĭ́kōn	ᾰ̓δῐ́κων ădĭ́kōn
Dative		ᾰ̓δῐ́κῳ ădĭ́kōi	ᾰ̓δῐ́κῳ ădĭ́kōi		ᾰ̓δῐ́κοιν ădĭ́koin	ᾰ̓δῐ́κοιν ădĭ́koin		ᾰ̓δῐ́κοις ădĭ́kois	ᾰ̓δῐ́κοις ădĭ́kois
Accusative		ᾰ̓́δῐκον ắdĭkon	ᾰ̓́δῐκον ắdĭkon		ᾰ̓δῐ́κω ădĭ́kō	ᾰ̓δῐ́κω ădĭ́kō		ᾰ̓δῐ́κους ădĭ́kous	ᾰ̓́δῐκᾰ ắdĭkă
Vocative		ᾰ̓́δῐκε ắdĭke	ᾰ̓́δῐκον ắdĭkon		ᾰ̓δῐ́κω ădĭ́kō	ᾰ̓δῐ́κω ădĭ́kō		ᾰ̓́δῐκοι ắdĭkoi	ᾰ̓́δῐκᾰ ắdĭkă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓δῐ́κως ădĭ́kōs			ᾰ̓δῐκώτερος ădĭkṓteros			ᾰ̓δῐκώτᾰτος ădĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• δίκαιος (díkaios)

Derived terms

• ἀδικέω (adikéō)
• ἀδικίᾱ (adikíā)
• δικαιάδικος (dikaiádikos)

Descendants

• Greek: άδικος (ádikos)

References

• “ἄδικος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄδικος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄδικος 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
• ἄδικος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἄδικος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G94 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.
  • criminal idem, page 184.
  • dishonest idem, page 234.
  • evil idem, page 286.
  • guilty idem, page 379.
  • indefensible idem, page 432.
  • iniquitous idem, page 441.
  • oppressive idem, page 577.
  • questionable idem, page 665.
  • sinful idem, page 777.
  • unfair idem, page 917.
  • unjust idem, page 923.
  • unrighteous idem, page 930.
  • unwarrantable idem, page 936.
  • wicked idem, page 978.
  • wrong idem, page 994.