δικαστήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δικάζω (dikázō, “to judge”) +‎ -τήριον (-tḗrion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.kas.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/ → /ði.kasˈti.ri.on/ → /ði.kasˈti.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.kas.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.kasˈte̝.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.kasˈti.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.kasˈti.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.kasˈti.ri.on/

Noun

δῐκᾰστήρῐον • (dikastḗrion) n (genitive δῐκᾰστηρῐ́ου); second declension

1. (law) tribunal, court

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ δῐκᾰστήρῐον; τοῦ δῐκᾰστηρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δῐκᾰστήρῐον tò dikastḗrion	τὼ δῐκᾰστηρῐ́ω tṑ dikastēríō	τᾰ̀ δῐκᾰστήρῐᾰ tà dikastḗria
Genitive	τοῦ δῐκᾰστηρῐ́ου toû dikastēríou	τοῖν δῐκᾰστηρῐ́οιν toîn dikastēríoin	τῶν δῐκᾰστηρῐ́ων tôn dikastēríōn
Dative	τῷ δῐκᾰστηρῐ́ῳ tôi dikastēríōi	τοῖν δῐκᾰστηρῐ́οιν toîn dikastēríoin	τοῖς δῐκᾰστηρῐ́οις toîs dikastēríois
Accusative	τὸ δῐκᾰστήρῐον tò dikastḗrion	τὼ δῐκᾰστηρῐ́ω tṑ dikastēríō	τᾰ̀ δῐκᾰστήρῐᾰ tà dikastḗria
Vocative	δῐκᾰστήρῐον dikastḗrion	δῐκᾰστηρῐ́ω dikastēríō	δῐκᾰστήρῐᾰ dikastḗria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: δικαστήριο (dikastírio)

Further reading

• “δικαστήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δικαστήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δικαστήριον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• δικαστήριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bar idem, page 62.
  • judgment hall idem, page 465.
  • tribunal idem, page 894.