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δι^καί-ωμα , ατος, τό,
A.act of right, opp. ἀδίκημα, Arist.Rh.1359a25; duty, “τὰ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους δ.” Ph.2.199; prop. amendment of a wrong, opp. δικαιοπράγημα, Arist.EN1135a13: hence,
a. judgement, penalty, Pl.Lg.864e.
b. justification, plea of right, Th.1.41, Isoc. 6.25, Arist.Cael.279b9, LXX 2 Ki.19.28(29), PLond.2.360.8 (ii A. D.), etc.; δικαιώματα Ἑλληνίδων πόλεων, compiled by Arist. for Philip, Harp. s.v. Δρύμος.
c. pl., pleadings, documents in a suit, OGI13.13 (Samos), PLille 29.25 (iii B. C.), etc.; also, credentials, BGU113.10 (ii A. D.), al.
d. act of “δικαίὠσις” 1.3, Ep.Rom.5.16.
II. ordinance, decree, LXX Ge.26.5, Ex.15.26 (pl.), al., Ep.Rom.1.32, 2.26 (pl.), al.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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