ἔκδικος

Ancient Greek[edit]

From ἐκ- (ek-, “outside”) +‎ δῐ́κη (díkē, “justice”).

ἔκδῐκος • (ékdikos) m or f (neuter ἐκδῐ́κου); second declension

lawless, unjust
- 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 1093
- 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 920
- 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 928:
  εἰ δ’ οἵδ’ ἁμαρτάνουσι, μὴ πλείω κακὰ
  πάθοιεν ἢ καὶ δρῶσιν ἐκδίκως ἐμέ.
  ei d’ hoíd’ hamartánousi, mḕ pleíō kakà
  páthoien ḕ kaì drôsin ekdíkōs emé.
  But if they are wrong, let them suffer no more evils than they have done unjustly to me.
avenging; (as substantive) avenger
- Batrachomyomachia, 97
- 170 CE – 240 CE, Herodian, 7 4.5
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, 2 509f
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Wisdom of Solomon 12.12
(law) public advocate or prosecutor
- 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Fam. 13.56.1
(law) legal representative
- POxy., 261 14
- Pliny, Ep.Traj. 110

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἔκδῐκος ékdikos	ἔκδῐκον ékdikon	ἐκδῐ́κω ekdíkō	ἐκδῐ́κω ekdíkō	ἔκδῐκοι ékdikoi	ἔκδῐκᾰ ékdika
Genitive	ἐκδῐ́κου ekdíkou	ἐκδῐ́κου ekdíkou	ἐκδῐ́κοιν ekdíkoin	ἐκδῐ́κοιν ekdíkoin	ἐκδῐ́κων ekdíkōn	ἐκδῐ́κων ekdíkōn
Dative	ἐκδῐ́κῳ ekdíkōi	ἐκδῐ́κῳ ekdíkōi	ἐκδῐ́κοιν ekdíkoin	ἐκδῐ́κοιν ekdíkoin	ἐκδῐ́κοις ekdíkois	ἐκδῐ́κοις ekdíkois
Accusative	ἔκδῐκον ékdikon	ἔκδῐκον ékdikon	ἐκδῐ́κω ekdíkō	ἐκδῐ́κω ekdíkō	ἐκδῐ́κους ekdíkous	ἔκδῐκᾰ ékdika
Vocative	ἔκδῐκε ékdike	ἔκδῐκον ékdikon	ἐκδῐ́κω ekdíkō	ἐκδῐ́κω ekdíkō	ἔκδῐκοι ékdikoi	ἔκδῐκᾰ ékdika
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ἐκδῐ́κως ekdíkōs		ἐκδῐκώτερος ekdikṓteros		ἐκδῐκώτᾰτος ekdikṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.