δικάζω (dikazo)

Where it lives

Against Apaturius 13 · 51.34/10k
Against Nausimachus and Xenopeithes 8 · 43.74/10k
Against Theomnestus 1 6 · 40.27/10k
Against Theomnestus 2 2 · 36.56/10k
On The Property Of Eraton 2 · 34.25/10k
Against Boeotus 2 13 · 33.49/10k
For Phormio 13 · 33.1/10k
Against Pantaenetus 11 · 29.55/10k
Against Callicles 5 · 23.87/10k
Against Callimachus 8 · 22.57/10k
Against Lochites 2 · 17.86/10k
Against The Corn-Dealers 2 · 17.81/10k

Densest 12 of 107 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

δῐκάζω · dikazō — LSJ

judge, sit in judgement, sit as a juror

judge, sit in judgement, Il. 23.579, Hdt. 1.14, Antipho 5.90, etc.; sit as a juror, D. 21.75; δ. καὶ ἐκκλησιάζειν Lys. 26.2, cf. Arist. Pol. 1293a9, etc.

2 give judgement on, decide, determine, give, judgement, adjudge, decree, as, punishment, ordain, it may be decided

c. acc. rei, give judgement on, decide, determine, Il. 1.542; δ. δίκην Hes. Op. 39, etc.; ἀλιτρά Pi. O. 2.65; πρᾶγμα A. Eu. 471, cf. 601; τἀμπλακήματα Id. Supp. 230; δ. δίκην ἄδικον give an unjust judgement, Hdt. 5.25; δ. ἐμπορικὰς δίκας D. 35.46; less freq., γραφὰς δ. Lycurg. 7; εὐθύνας D. 19.132; ἀγῶνα Din. 1.46: c. acc. cogn., δίκας δ. adjudge a penalty, Hdt. 6.139; δ. φυγήν τινι decree it as his punishment, A. Ag. 1412; δ. φόνον ματέρος ordain her slaughter, E. Or. 164 (lyr.): c. gen., δικάζ

b pass judgement on, condemn

pass judgement on, condemn, γάμον ἄγαμον S. OT 1214 (lyr.).

3 plead in a case of, plead

φόνον δ. plead in a case of murder, E. Or. 580: abs., plead, D.C. 69.18.

4 decide between, judge, cause, passed judgement

c. dat. pers., decide between persons, judge their cause, Τρωσί τε καὶ Δαναοῖσι δικαζέτω ὡς ἐπιεικές Il. 8.431; ἐς μέσον ἀμφοτέροισι δικάσσατε 23.574, cf. Hdt. 1.97; τοῖσι Πέρσῃσι δίκας δ. Id. 3.31; ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὸ μέγαθος τοῦ ἀδικήματος passed judgement on each, Id. 2.137.

5

c. inf., δικαξάτω λαγάσαι Leg.Gort. 1.5; ἐδίκασαν δέκα ἀνταπόλλυσθαι Hdt. 3.14; δ. ὡς . . Id. 1.84.

6 to have actions brought against one

Pass., αἰσχρὰς δίκας δ. to have actions brought against one, Lys. 21.18.

II plead oneʼs cause, go to law, go to law

Med., of the party, plead oneʼs cause, go to law, Od. 11.545, 12.440, Hdt. 1.96, Th. 1.77; πρὸς τοὺς ἀστυνόμους Pl. Lg. 845e; δίκην δικάζεσθαί τινι go to law with one, Lys. 12.4, D. 55.31; simply, δ. τινί Pl. Euthphr. 4e; πρός τινας Th. 3.44; prop. of a private suit, opp. a public prosecution, D. 21.26: with gen. added, δ. τινὶ κακηγορίας Lys. 10.12; κλοπῆς D. 22.27, etc.; ἐδεδίκαστο ἄν μοι τῆς ἐγγύης Id. 33.27; δ. τινὶ περί τινος ib. 26.

2 forensic speaking

τὸ δ. forensic speaking, Arist. Rh. 1354b26, cf. Antipho 2.2.12.

In the wild

δικάζεις · dikazeis Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1412–1414
δικάζειν · dikazein Aeschylus, Eumenides 470
δικάζοντας · dikazontas Aeschylus, Eumenides 601
δικάζει · dikazei Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 230–231
δικάζει · dikazei Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 934
δικάσεσθαί · dikasesthai Aristophanes, Clouds 1135 (DIORISIS sentence 881)

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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