Ancient Greek

Adjective

δίκαιος • ‎(díkaios) m ‎(feminine δικαία, neuter δίκαιον); first/second declension

1. observant of custom, orderly, civilized
2. righteous
3. equal, even, balanced
4. exact, specific
5. lawful, just, right
6. fitting, normal
7. real, genuine

Inflection

Derived terms

• δῐκαιοσύνη ‎(dikaiosúnē)

Descendants

• Greek: δίκαιος ‎(díkaios, “fair, just”)

References

• 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 (© 2006–2016)
• δίκαιος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G1342”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, 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 479.
  • 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

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίκαιος ‎(díkaios, “right, just, honest”)

Adjective

δίκαιος • ‎(díkaios) m ‎(feminine δίκαιη, neuter δίκαιο)

1. just (of a legal process or judgement)
2. equitable, fair

Declension

Related terms

• δίκαιο n ‎(díkaio, “law”)
• δίκαια ‎(díkaia, “fairly, justly”)
• δικαίως ‎(dikaíos, “fairly, justly”)

• and see: δίκη f ‎(díki, “trial”)