δικαστήριον
τί ἦ μοι ταῦτα περὶ δρῦν ἢ περὶ πέτρην → but what is this to me, about an oak or a rock | but what are these things about a tree or a rock to me | why all this about trees and rocks | why all this about what we have nothing to do with | but why am I off on this tangent
English (LSJ)
τό,
A court of justice, δ. συνάγειν Hdt.6.85; συγκλῄειν Ar.Eq.1317; ὑπὸ δ. ὑπαχθείς Hdt.6.72, cf. 104; εἰς δ. ἄγεσθαι Pl.Phdr.273b; ἀναβὰς ἐς τὸ δ. Antipho 6.21; παραδιδόναι τῷ δ. And.1.17; ἐπὶ δ. ἐλθεῖν Is.1.1; ἐπὶ τοῦ δ. Id.5.29; πρὸ τῶν δικαστηρίων κληροῦσθαι Isoc.7.54; in Egypt, office of the governor, PLips.64.24 (iv A. D.). 2 the court, i. e. the judges, Ar.V.624, Pl.Lg.880d, etc.; ἐπειδὰν ἀναστῇ τὸ δ. D.21.221.
German (Pape)
[Seite 628] τό, der Ort, wo Gericht gehalten wird, Gerichtshof, Gericht; ὑπὸ δικαστήριον ὑπάγειν Her. 6, 72, wie εἰς δ. ἄγειν, ἀναβαίνειν, ἐμπεσεῖν, Plat. Phaedr. 273 b Gorg. 486 b Rep. VIII, 558 b; ἐπὶ δ. ἐλθεῖν Is. 1, 1; τὰ δ. συγκλείειν Ar. Equ. 1314 u. A. Auch wie bei uns, Gerichtshof, für »die Richter«, αὐτοὶ οἱ δικάζοντες Th. Mag., Plat. Legg. IX, 880 c ἐὰν τὸ δ. τιμήσῃ τὴν δίκην; vgl. Ar. Vesp. 624.
