δικαιοσύνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῐ́καιος (díkaios, “just”) +‎ -σῠ́νη (-súnē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.kai̯.o.sý.nɛː/ → /ði.cɛ.oˈsy.ni/ → /ði.ce.oˈsi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.kai̯.o.sý.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.kɛ.oˈsy.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.cɛ.oˈsy.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.ce.oˈsy.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.ce.oˈsi.ni/

Noun

δῐκαιοσῠ́νη • (dikaiosúnē) f (genitive δῐκαιοσῠ́νης); first declension

1. righteousness, justice
2. fulfillment of the law
3. Pythagorean name for four

Inflection

First declension of ἡ δῐκαιοσῠ́νη; τῆς δῐκαιοσῠ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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 (2006–2024)
• 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

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δικαιοσύνη (dikaiosúnē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ði.ce.oˈsi.ni/

Noun

δικαιοσύνη • (dikaiosýni) f (uncountable)

1. (law) justice, judicial system
2. (capitalised): Justice (the law personified)
3. 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