δικαιοσύνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δῐ́καιος (dĭ́kaios, “just”) + -σῠ́νη (-sŭ́nē).
Pronunciation
- (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
δῐκαιοσῠ́νη • (dĭkaiosŭ́nē) f (genitive δῐκαιοσῠ́νης); first declension
- righteousness, justice
- fulfillment of the law
- Pythagorean name for four
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ δῐκαιοσῠ́νη hē dĭkaiosŭ́nē |
τὼ δῐκαιοσῠ́νᾱ tṑ dĭkaiosŭ́nā |
αἱ δῐκαιοσῠ́ναι hai dĭkaiosŭ́nai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς δῐκαιοσῠ́νης tês dĭkaiosŭ́nēs |
τοῖν δῐκαιοσῠ́ναιν toîn dĭkaiosŭ́nain |
τῶν δῐκαιοσῠνῶν tôn dĭkaiosŭnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ δῐκαιοσῠ́νῃ tēî dĭkaiosŭ́nēi |
τοῖν δῐκαιοσῠ́ναιν toîn dĭkaiosŭ́nain |
ταῖς δῐκαιοσῠ́ναις taîs dĭkaiosŭ́nais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν δῐκαιοσῠ́νην tḕn dĭkaiosŭ́nēn |
τὼ δῐκαιοσῠ́νᾱ tṑ dĭkaiosŭ́nā |
τᾱ̀ς δῐκαιοσῠ́νᾱς tā̀s dĭkaiosŭ́nās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δῐκαιοσῠ́νη dĭkaiosŭ́nē |
δῐκαιοσῠ́νᾱ dĭkaiosŭ́nā |
δῐκαιοσῠ́ναι dĭkaiosŭ́nai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: δικαιοσύνη f (dikaiosýni, “justice”)
References
- “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 (2006–2025)
- 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
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δικαιοσύνη (dikaiosúnē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ði.ce.oˈsi.ni/
Noun
δικαιοσύνη • (dikaiosýni) f (uncountable)
- (law) justice, judicial system
- (capitalised): Justice (the law personified)
- justice (impartiality, fairness)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | δικαιοσύνη (dikaiosýni) |
| genitive | δικαιοσύνης (dikaiosýnis) |
| accusative | δικαιοσύνη (dikaiosýni) |
| vocative | δικαιοσύνη (dikaiosýni) |
Related terms
- see: δίκη f (díki, “trial”)
- δίκαιος (díkaios, “just, equitable, fair”, adjective)
- άδικος (ádikos, “unjust, wrongful, unfair”, adjective)
Further reading
- δικαιοσύνη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language