δίκην

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Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη. Τὸ δὲ ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων αἴσχιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ κάκιστον. → Τo conquer yourself is the first and best victory of all, while to be conquered by yourself is of all the most shameful as well as evil

Plato, Laws, 626e

English (Woodhouse)

do penance for, in the manner of, pay the penalty

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French (Bailly abrégé)

adv. à la manière de; v. δίκη.

Spanish

a la manera de

Russian (Dvoretsky)

δίκην: дор. δίκαν (ῐ) в знач. praep. cum gen. по обычаю, наподобие: δ. ἀγγέλου Aesch. словно вестник; λύκοιο δ. Pind. по-волчьи; δ. ὄρνιθος Plat. по-птичьи.

Greek Monolingual

(AM δίκην)
επίρρ. βλ. δίκη.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Βλ. δίκη.