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

ἄδικος • (ádikos) m or f (neuter ἄδικον); second declension

1. unjust
2. wrong

Inflection

Second declension of ἄδικος; ἄδικον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄδικος ádikos	ἄδικον ádikon		ἀδίκω adíkō	ἀδίκω adíkō		ἄδικοι ádikoi	ἄδικᾰ ádika
Genitive		ἀδίκου adíkou	ἀδίκου adíkou		ἀδίκοιν adíkoin	ἀδίκοιν adíkoin		ἀδίκων adíkōn	ἀδίκων adíkōn
Dative		ἀδίκῳ adíkōi	ἀδίκῳ adíkōi		ἀδίκοιν adíkoin	ἀδίκοιν adíkoin		ἀδίκοις adíkois	ἀδίκοις adíkois
Accusative		ἄδικον ádikon	ἄδικον ádikon		ἀδίκω adíkō	ἀδίκω adíkō		ἀδίκους adíkous	ἄδικᾰ ádika
Vocative		ἄδικε ádike	ἄδικον ádikon		ἀδίκω adíkō	ἀδίκω adíkō		ἄδικοι ádikoi	ἄδικᾰ ádika
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀδίκως adíkōs			ἀδικότερος adikóteros			ἀδικότᾰτος adikótatos
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 (2006–2024)
• “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.