dictates
From LSJ
ἐν οἰκίᾳ τυφλῶν καὶ ὁ νυκτάλωψ ὀξυδερκής → even the day-blind is sharp-eyed in a blind house | among the blind, the one-eyed man is king
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
Use command.
the dictates of justice: P. and V. τὸ δίκαιον; see justice.
the dictates of religion: P. and V. τὰ θεῖα.