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Webster 1913 Edition

(dī′kȧst)

Noun.

[Gr.

δικαστής

, fr.

δικάζειν

to judge,

δίκη

right, judgment, justice.]

A functionary in ancient Athens resembling closely to the modern juryman.

Noun.

[Gr., to judge; justice.] In ancient Greece, an officer answering nearly to our juryman.

dicast ‎(plural dicasts)