# δίκη
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *díkā, from Proto-Indo-European *díḱeh₂, from the root *deyḱ- (“to point, show”) (whence δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to show”)). Compare Sanskrit दिशा (diśā).

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

δῐ́κη • (dĭ́kē) f (genitive δῐ́κης); first declension
* custom, manner, fashion
* order, law, right
* judgment, justice
* lawsuit, trial
* punishment, penalty, vengeance, satisfaction

#### Derived terms

* Ἀγνοδίκη (Agnodíkē)
* ἄδικος (ádikos)
* Ἀρχεδίκη (Arkhedíkē)
* Ἀρχέδικος (Arkhédikos)
* δικάζω (dikázō)
* Δικαίαρχος (Dikaíarkhos)
* δίκαιος (díkaios)
* δίκην δίδωμι (díkēn dídōmi, “to be punished”)
* ἔκδικος (ékdikos)
* Εὐρυδίκη (Eurudíkē)
* Λυσιδίκη (Lusidíkē)
* Χαλκιδική (Khalkidikḗ)

#### Descendants

* Greek: δίκη (díki)
* → Latin: dica

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δίκη”, 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

* “δίκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “δίκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “δίκη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* δίκη 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
* δίκη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* δίκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
* G1349 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. accusation idem, page 8.action idem, page 9.amends idem, page 27.arbitration idem, page 38.case idem, page 116.cause idem, page 118.civil idem, page 133.finding idem, page 321.judgment idem, page 465.justice idem, page 466.lawsuit idem, page 480.litigation idem, page 495.mediation idem, page 521.proceeding idem, page 644.process idem, page 644.question idem, page 665.right idem, page 714.suit idem, page 836.trial idem, page 893.undefended idem, page 912.verdict idem, page 948.
* “δίκη”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίκη (díkē).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈði.ci/

### Noun

δίκη • (díki) f (plural δίκες)
* (law) trial

#### Related terms

* αγδίκιωτος (agdíkiotos, “unrevenged”, adjective)
* ακριβοδίκαιος (akrivodíkaios, “scrupulously fair”)
* ανεκδίκαστος (anekdíkastos, “untried”)
* ανεκδίκητος (anekdíkitos, “unrevenged”, adjective)
* αρχιδικαστής (archidikastís, “chief justice”)
* δίκαια (díkaia, “fairly, justly”)
* δίκαιο n (díkaio, “law”)
* δίκαιος (díkaios, “right, just”, adj)
* δικαιοσύνη f (dikaiosýni, “judicial system”)
* δικαιούμαι (dikaioúmai, “be entitled to”)
* δικαίωμα n (dikaíoma, “right, power”)
* δικαιώνομαι (dikaiónomai, “to be vindicated”)
* δικαιώνω (dikaióno, “to justify”)
* δικαίως (dikaíos, “fairly, justly”)
* δικανικός (dikanikós, “forensic”, adj)
* δικαστήριο (dikastírio, “court, tribunal”)
* δικαστήριο n (dikastírio, “court”)
* δικαστής m or f (dikastís, “judge”)
* δικαστικός m or f (dikastikós, “magistrate”)
* δικαστίνα f (dikastína, “lawyer”, colloquial)
* δικηγορικός (dikigorikós, “lawyer's”, adjective)
* δικηγόρος m or f (dikigóros, “lawyer”)
* δίκιο n (díkio, “that which is right, just”)
* τελεσίδικος (telesídikos, “unappealable”, adjective)

### Further reading

* δίκη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language