I.custom, usage, αὕτη δίκη ἐστὶ βροτῶν this is the custom of mortals, Od.; ἡ γὰρ δίκη ἐστι γερόντων id=Od.:—acc. δίκην as adv., after the manner of, c. gen., δίκην ὕδατος Aesch., Plat.
II.right as dependent on custom, law, right, Hom., etc.
2.δίκη ἐστι, like δίκαιόν ἐστι, Aesch.: —δίκῃ duly, rightly, Il., Trag.; κατὰ δίκην Hdt.; μετὰ δίκης Plat.; πρὸς δίκης Soph.
IV.after Hom., a lawsuit, properly, a private suit or action, opp. to γραφή (a public suit or indictment), Plat., etc.
3.the penalty awarded by the judge, δίκην τίνειν, ἐκτίνειν Hdt., Soph.; δίκην or δίκας διδόναι to make amends, suffer punishment, Lat. poenas dare, Hdt., attic; δίκας δοῦναι, also, to submit to trial, Thuc.: —δίκας λαμβάνειν is sometimes = δ. διδόναι, Lat. dare poenas, Hdt., Dem.; but also like Lat. sumere poenas, to inflict punishment, take vengeance, λαβεῖν δίκην παρά τινος id=Dem.:—also, δίκας or δίκην ὑπέχειν to stand trial, Hdt., Soph.; δίκην παρέχειν Eur.: —δίκην ὀφλεῖν ὑπό τινος to incur penalty, Plat.; δίκην φεύγειν to be the defendant in the trial (opp. to διώκειν to prosecute), Dem.: —δίκας αἰτέειν to demand satisfaction, τινός for a thing, Hdt.; δίκην τίσασθαι, v. τίνω II: —δίκας διδόναι καὶ λαμβάνειν παρ᾽ ἀλλήλων to have their causes tried, of subject-states whose causes were tried in the courts of the ruling state, id=Hdt.
