δίκη : usage,
custom, hence right, justice;
αὕτη δίκη ἐστὶ βροτῶν, the
‘inevitable way,’ Od.
11.218
; μνηστήρων οὐχ ἥδε δίκη τὸ πάροιθε
τέτυκτο,
Od. 18.275; ἣ
γὰρ δίκη, ὁππότε πάτρης | ἧς ἀπέῃσιν ἀνήρ,
Od. 19.168;
δίκῃ ἠμείψατο, ‘in the way of
justice,’ ‘with an appeal to justice,’
Il. 23.542; pl., judgments,
decisions, Od.
11.570.