δικαίωμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δικαίουμα (dikaíouma)

Etymology

From δικαιόω (dikaióō, “to set right, deem right”) +‎ -ωμα (-ōma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.kǎi̯.ɔː.ma/ → /ðiˈcɛ.o.ma/ → /ðiˈce.o.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.kǎi̯.ɔː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈkɛ.o.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈcɛ.o.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈce.o.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈce.o.ma/

Noun

δῐκαίωμα • (dikaíōma) n (genitive δῐκαιώματος); third declension

1. an act by which wrong is set right
2. a judgment, punishment, penalty
3. a plea of right
4. justification
5. an ordinance, decree
6. righteousness

Declension

Third declension of τὸ δῐκαίωμᾰ; τοῦ δῐκαιώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δῐκαίωμᾰ tò dikaíōma	τὼ δῐκαιώμᾰτε tṑ dikaiṓmate	τᾰ̀ δῐκαιώμᾰτᾰ tà dikaiṓmata
Genitive	τοῦ δῐκαιώμᾰτος toû dikaiṓmatos	τοῖν δῐκαιωμᾰ́τοιν toîn dikaiōmátoin	τῶν δῐκαιωμᾰ́των tôn dikaiōmátōn
Dative	τῷ δῐκαιώμᾰτῐ tôi dikaiṓmati	τοῖν δῐκαιωμᾰ́τοιν toîn dikaiōmátoin	τοῖς δῐκαιώμᾰσῐ / δῐκαιώμᾰσῐν toîs dikaiṓmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ δῐκαίωμᾰ tò dikaíōma	τὼ δῐκαιώμᾰτε tṑ dikaiṓmate	τᾰ̀ δῐκαιώμᾰτᾰ tà dikaiṓmata
Vocative	δῐκαίωμᾰ dikaíōma	δῐκαιώμᾰτε dikaiṓmate	δῐκαιώμᾰτᾰ dikaiṓmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• δικαίωμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “δικαίωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G1345 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • claim idem, page 134.
  • defence idem, page 204.
  • demand idem, page 209.
  • justification idem, page 466.
  • plea idem, page 619.
  • requirement idem, page 700.
  • right idem, page 714.
  • warrant idem, page 964.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δικαίωμα (dikaíōma), by surface analysis, δικαιώνω (dikaióno, “to justify”) +‎ -ωμα (-oma). Actually a semantic loan from French droit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðiˈceoma/

Noun

δικαίωμα • (dikaíoma) n (plural δικαιώματα)

1. (law) right, entitlement

   ανθρώπινα δικαιώματα ― anthrópina dikaiómata ― human rights

   1. (law, in the plural) rights

      Το Ευρωπαϊκό Δικαστήριο Ανθρωπίνων Δικαιωμάτων

      To Evropaïkó Dikastírio Anthropínon Dikaiomáton

      The European Court of Human Rights

2. right, warrant, authority, power

   Δεν είχες το δικαίωμα να πυροβολήσεις.

   Den eíches to dikaíoma na pyrovolíseis.

   You didn't have the authority to shoot.

Declension

declension of δικαίωμα

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	δικαίωμα •	δικαιώματα •
genitive	δικαιώματος •	δικαιωμάτων •
accusative	δικαίωμα •	δικαιώματα •
vocative	δικαίωμα •	δικαιώματα •

Coordinate terms

• see: δίκη f (díki, “trial”)

Derived terms

• ανθρώπινα δικαιώματα (anthrópina dikaiómata)

Related terms

• δίκαιος (díkaios, “fair”)