ἔκδικος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκ- (ek-, outside) + δῐ́κη (díkē, justice).

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Adjective

ἔκδῐκος • (ékdikos) m or f (neuter ἐκδῐ́κου); second declension

  1. lawless, unjust
    • 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 1093
    • 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 928:
      εἰ δ’ οἵδ’ ἁμαρτάνουσι, μὴ πλείω κακὰ
      πάθοιεν ἢ καὶ δρῶσιν ἐκδίκως ἐμέ.
      ei d’ hoíd’ hamartánousi, mḕ pleíō kakà
      páthoien ḕ kaì drôsin ekdíkōs emé.
      But if they are wrong, let them suffer no more evils than they have done unjustly to me.
  2. avenging; (as substantive) avenger
  3. (law) public advocate or prosecutor
    • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Fam. 13.56.1
  4. (law) legal representative
    • POxy., 261 14
    • Pliny, Ep.Traj. 110

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