δικαιοσύνη
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom δῐ́καιος (díkaios, “just”) + -σῠ́νη (-súnē).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.kai̯.o.sý.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /di.kɛ.oˈsy.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.cɛ.oˈsy.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.ce.oˈsy.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.ce.oˈsi.ni/
Noun
editδῐκαιοσῠ́νη • (dikaiosúnē) f (genitive δῐκαιοσῠ́νης); first declension
- righteousness, justice
- fulfillment of the law
- Pythagorean name for four
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ δῐκαιοσῠ́νη hē dikaiosúnē |
τὼ δῐκαιοσῠ́νᾱ tṑ dikaiosúnā |
αἱ δῐκαιοσῠ́ναι hai dikaiosúnai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς δῐκαιοσῠ́νης tês dikaiosúnēs |
τοῖν δῐκαιοσῠ́ναιν toîn dikaiosúnain |
τῶν δῐκαιοσῠνῶν tôn dikaiosunôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ δῐκαιοσῠ́νῃ têi dikaiosúnēi |
τοῖν δῐκαιοσῠ́ναιν toîn dikaiosúnain |
ταῖς δῐκαιοσῠ́ναις taîs dikaiosúnais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν δῐκαιοσῠ́νην tḕn dikaiosúnēn |
τὼ δῐκαιοσῠ́νᾱ tṑ dikaiosúnā |
τᾱ̀ς δῐκαιοσῠ́νᾱς tā̀s dikaiosúnās | ||||||||||
Vocative | δῐκαιοσῠ́νη dikaiosúnē |
δῐκαιοσῠ́νᾱ dikaiosúnā |
δῐκαιοσῠ́ναι dikaiosúnai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
edit- Greek: δικαιοσύνη f (dikaiosýni, “justice”)
References
edit- “δικαιοσύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δικαιοσύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δικαιοσύνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- δικαιοσύνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- G1343 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.
- fairness idem, page 302.
- justice idem, page 466.
- morality idem, page 540.
- right idem, page 714.
- righteousness idem, page 715.
Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek δικαιοσύνη (dikaiosúnē).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editδικαιοσύνη • (dikaiosýni) f (uncountable)
- (law) justice, judicial system
- (capitalised): Justice (the law personified)
- justice (impartiality, fairness)
Declension
edit δικαιοσύνη
case \ number | singular |
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nominative | δικαιοσύνη • |
genitive | δικαιοσύνης • |
accusative | δικαιοσύνη • |
vocative | δικαιοσύνη • |
Related terms
edit- see: δίκη f (díki, “trial”)
- δίκαιος (díkaios, “just, equitable, fair”, adjective)
- άδικος (ádikos, “unjust, wrongful, unfair”, adjective)
Further reading
edit- δικαιοσύνη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σύνη
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