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ἐκδῐκ-άζω

ekdikazo

decide, to be settled, prosecute oneʼs right against another

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Where it lives

Nahum 3 · 32.5/10k
Amos 1 · 3.25/10k
Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Judith 1 · 1.14/10k
Jeremias 3 · 1.08/10k
Siracides 2 · 1.08/10k
Machabaeorum II 1 · 0.87/10k
Athenian Constitution 1 · 0.61/10k
Regnorum I 1 · 0.54/10k
Leviticus 1 · 0.53/10k
Deuteronomium 1 · 0.45/10k
Psalmi 1 · 0.29/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐκδῐκ-άζω · ekdik-azō — LSJ

decide, to be settled, prosecute oneʼs right against another, have right done to one

decide, μίαν (sc. δίκην) Ar. Eq. 50, cf. Lys. 17.5; δίκας καὶ γραφὰς καὶ εὐθύνας X. Ath. 3.2:—Pass., of the suit, to be settled, Pl. Lg. 958a:—Med., prosecute oneʼs right against another, Is. Fr. 77, Delph. 3(2).205 (iii B. C.); περί τινος CIG 4259, cf. Tab.Heracl. 1.129:—also in Pass., have right done to one, BGU 195.37 (ii A. D.).

II avenge

avenge, πατέρων..ἐκδικάζοντες φόνον E. Supp. 1215, cf. 154 (dub. l.).

In the wild

ἐκδικάζουσι · ekdikazousi Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..67 (DIORISIS sentence 799)
ἐκδικάζοντες · ekdikazontes Euripides, Suppliants *)aqh/na (DIORISIS sentence 709)
ἐκδικασθεισῶν · ekdikastheisōn Plato, Laws 943
ἐκδικασθεῖσαι · ekdikastheisai Plato, Laws 958
ἐκδικῶ · ekdikō Septuaginta, Amos 3
ἐκδικᾶται · ekdikatai Septuaginta, Deuteronomium 32

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Where it came from

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