δικανικός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> of persons, [[skilled in pleading]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>512b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tht.</span>201a</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.48</span>, etc.: in bad sense, <b class="b2">lawyer-like, pettifogging</b>, σμικρὸς τὴν ψυχὴν καὶ δ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>175d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[belonging to trials]], [[judicial]], λόγοι <span class="bibl">Isoc.13.20</span>; <b class="b3">ῥημάτιον δ</b>. [[law]]-term, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>534</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ-κή</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τέχνη</b>) [[forensic oratory]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>405a</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1371a7</span>; <b class="b3">μετὰ δικανικήν</b> after [[serving as advocate]], Epigr.Gr.919; τὸ δ. <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>2.89</span>; τὰ δικανικά <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1354b23</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in bad sense, <b class="b2">savouring of the law-courts</b>, φορτικὰ μὲν καὶ δ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>32a</span>; ὡς μακρὸν τὸ ἐνύπνιον καὶ δ. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Somn.</span>17</span>. Adv. -κῶς <span class="bibl">Charito 5.4</span>.</span>