ἐπίδικος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">disputed at law, liable to be made the subject of a process at law</b> (cf. [[ἀνεπίδικος]]), ἐ. τινί ἐστιν ὁ κλῆρος <span class="bibl">Is.3.3</span>,<span class="bibl">43</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">11.10</span>; μὴ ἐ. εἶναι τὸν κλῆρον <span class="bibl">D.44.46</span>. Adv. -κως, ἀνυέσθω Petos. ap. <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.128.27</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span>. Subst. <b class="b3">ἐπίδικος, ἡ</b>, [[an heiress for whose hand her next of kin are claimants]] [[at law]], <span class="bibl">Is.3.64</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. τινα καταλιπεῖν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">73</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. generally, [[subject]] [[to a judicial decision]], <b class="b3">δίδωμι ἐμαυτὸν ἐπίδικον τοῖς δημόταις</b> I commit myself [[to]] the people's [[decision]], <span class="bibl">D.H.7.58</span> codd.; [[disputed]], of territory, πρός τινας <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cleom.</span>4</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. νίκη</b> [[a disputed]] victory, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fab.</span>3</span>.</span>