ἔκδικος

Ancient Greek

From ἐκ- (ek-, “outside”) +‎ δῐ́κη (dĭ́kē, “justice”).

ἔκδῐκος • (ékdĭkos) m or f (neuter ἐκδῐ́κου); second declension

lawless, unjust
- 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 1093
- 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 920
- 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 928:
  εἰ δ’ οἵδ’ ἁμαρτάνουσι, μὴ πλείω κακὰ
  πάθοιεν ἢ καὶ δρῶσιν ἐκδίκως ἐμέ.
  ei d’ hoíd’ hamartánousi, mḕ pleíō kakà
  páthoien ḕ kaì drôsin ekdíkōs emé.
  But if they are wrong, let them suffer no more evils than they have done unjustly to me.
avenging; (as substantive) avenger
- Batrachomyomachia, 97
- 170 CE – 240 CE, Herodian, 7 4.5
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, 2 509f
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Wisdom of Solomon 12.12
(law) public advocate or prosecutor
- 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Fam. 13.56.1
(law) legal representative
- POxy., 261 14
- Pliny, Ep.Traj. 110

Second declension of ἔκδῐκος; ἔκδῐκον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἔκδῐκος ékdĭkos	ἔκδῐκον ékdĭkon	ἐκδῐ́κω ekdĭ́kō	ἐκδῐ́κω ekdĭ́kō	ἔκδῐκοι ékdĭkoi	ἔκδῐκᾰ ékdĭkă
Genitive	ἐκδῐ́κου ekdĭ́kou	ἐκδῐ́κου ekdĭ́kou	ἐκδῐ́κοιν ekdĭ́koin	ἐκδῐ́κοιν ekdĭ́koin	ἐκδῐ́κων ekdĭ́kōn	ἐκδῐ́κων ekdĭ́kōn
Dative	ἐκδῐ́κῳ ekdĭ́kōi	ἐκδῐ́κῳ ekdĭ́kōi	ἐκδῐ́κοιν ekdĭ́koin	ἐκδῐ́κοιν ekdĭ́koin	ἐκδῐ́κοις ekdĭ́kois	ἐκδῐ́κοις ekdĭ́kois
Accusative	ἔκδῐκον ékdĭkon	ἔκδῐκον ékdĭkon	ἐκδῐ́κω ekdĭ́kō	ἐκδῐ́κω ekdĭ́kō	ἐκδῐ́κους ekdĭ́kous	ἔκδῐκᾰ ékdĭkă
Vocative	ἔκδῐκε ékdĭke	ἔκδῐκον ékdĭkon	ἐκδῐ́κω ekdĭ́kō	ἐκδῐ́κω ekdĭ́kō	ἔκδῐκοι ékdĭkoi	ἔκδῐκᾰ ékdĭkă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ἐκδῐ́κως ekdĭ́kōs		ἐκδῐκώτερος ekdĭkṓteros		ἐκδῐκώτᾰτος ekdĭkṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.