iustitia
Φίλιππον ἐπιστῆσαι τοῖς πράγμασι τούτοις → let Philip have a hand in the business, surrender control to Philip
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
justĭtĭa: ae, f. justus,
I justice, equity, righteousness, uprightness: quae animi affectio suum cuique tribuens, atque hanc quam dico, societatem conjunctionis humanae munifice et aeque tuens, justitia dicitur, cui sunt adjunctae pietas, bonitas, liberalitas, benignitas, comitas, quaeque sunt generis ejusdem, Cic. Fin. 5, 23, 65: justitia est constans et perpetua voluntas jus suum cuique tribuendi, Just. Inst. 1, 1, 1: justitia erga deos religio, erga parentes pietas, creditis in rebus fides ... nominatur, Cic. Part. Or. 22, 78: ordinata erat in duodecim tabulis tota justitia, the whole of the laws, Flor. 1, 24.—Personified: Justĭtĭa, the goddess of justice, Gell. 14, 4, 3.—
B Esp., righteousness, holiness, conduct in accordance with the divine law, Vulg. Gen. 15, 6; id. Rom. 9, 31 et saep.—
II Clemency, compassion, Caes. B. G. 5, 41 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 32; so Cic. Marcell. 4: ut meae stultitiae justitia tua sit aliquid praesidi, Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 33.—
III Concr., plur., judgments, precepts, ordinances: Domini, Vulg. Psa. 18, 9; id. Deut. 4, 5 al.
Latin > German (Georges)
iūstitia, ae, f. (iustus), I) subjektiv = die Gerechtigkeit, das Billigkeitsgefühl, die Billigkeit, Aristidis (Ggstz. intemperantia Pausaniae), Nep.: iustitiam colere (üben), Cic.: iustitiam agitare, walten lassen, Plin. ep.: ut meae stultitiae in iustitia tua (weisen G., Weisheit) sit aliquid praesidii, Ter. – m. erga od. m. in u. Akk., iustitia erga deos, erga parentes, Cic.: iust. in omnes captivos, Curt.: constituere (aufstellen) maximum exemplum iustitiae in hostem, Cic. – Plur. = die Rechte, Hieron. in psalm. 142, 6. Vulg. psalm. 18 (19), 9. – II) objektiv = das Recht als Inbegriff der Gesetze, Flor. 1, 24, 1.
