previous next
δι^καί-ωσις , εως, ἡ,
A.setting right, doing justice to: hence,
1. condemnation, punishment, Th.8.66, D.C.40.43 (pl.), cj. in Plu.2.421d.
2. plea of legal right, justification, Lys.9.8, cf. Harp.
3. making or accounting righteous, justification, Ep.Rom.4.25, etc.
II. demand of right or as of right, just claim, Th.1.141, Plu.Demetr.18.
III. judgement of what is right, ἀντήλλαξαν τῇ δικαιώσει altered at their will and pleasure, Th.3.82.
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.

The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.

hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
How to enter text in Greek:
hide References (6 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Lysias, For the Soldier, 8
    • Thucydides, Histories, 3.82
    • Thucydides, Histories, 1.141
    • Thucydides, Histories, 8.66
    • Plutarch, Demetrius, 18
    • Cassius Dio, Historia Romana, 40.43
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: