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|mdlsjtxt=<i>adj</i> <i>adj</i> [[δίκη]]<br />A. in Hom. and [[early]] writers,<br /><b class="num">I.</b> of persons, [[observant]] of [[custom]] and [[social]] [[rule]], well-[[ordered]], [[civilised]], Od.; so, δικαίη ζόη a [[regular]] way of [[living]], Hdt.:—adv., [[δικαίως]] μνᾶσθαι to woo in due [[form]], [[decently]], Od.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[observant]] of [[right]], [[righteous]], Hom., etc.:—so of actions, in [[accordance]] with [[right]], [[righteous]], Hom.<br />B. [[later]] [[usage]]:<br /><b class="num">I.</b> of things, [[even]], well-[[balanced]], [[ἅρμα]] δίκαιον Xen.:— [[regular]], [[exact]], [[rigid]], ὀργυιαὶ δίκαιαι Hdt.; τῷ δικαιοτάτῳ τῶν λόγων to [[speak]] [[quite]] [[exactly]], Hdt.; πάντα [[δικαίως]] τετήρηται Dem.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[right]], [[lawful]], [[just]], τὸ δίκαιον [[right]], opp. to τὸ ἄδικον, Hdt., etc.; also, a [[right]], a [[lawful]] [[claim]], Thuc., etc.:—adv. -ως, [[rightly]], [[justly]], Hdt., etc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> of persons, as well as things, like Lat. [[justus]], [[meet]], [[right]], [[fitting]], Aesch.; ἵππον δ. ποιεῖσθαί τινι to make a [[horse]] fit for [[another]]'s use, Xen.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[real]], [[genuine]], true, Dem., [[συγγραφεύς]] Luc.:—adv. -ως, [[really]] and [[truly]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[fair]], [[moderate]], like [[μέτριος]], Thuc.: —[[δικαίως]] with [[reason]], Soph., Thuc.<br />C. in Prose, δίκαιός εἰμι with inf., δίκαιοί ἐστε [[ἰέναι]] you are [[bound]] to [[come]], Hdt.; δ. εἰμι κολάζειν I [[have]] a [[right]] to [[punish]], Ar.; δίκαιοί εἰσι ἀπιστότατοι [[εἶναι]] they [[have]] [[reason]] to be [[most]] [[distrustful]], Thuc.; δ. ἐστιν ἀπολωλέναι [[dignus]] est qui pereat, Dem.:—we should say δίκαιόν ἐστι, [[which]] also occurs.

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