Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /ðikeosýni/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiceosýni/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiceosíni/

Noun

δικαιοσύνη • ‎(dikaiosúnē) f ‎(genitive δικαιοσύνης); first declension

1. righteousness, justice
2. fulfillment of the law
3. Pythagorean name for four

Inflection

Descendants

• Greek: δικαιοσύνη f ‎(dikaiosýni, “justice”)

References

• δικαιοσύνη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δικαιοσύνη in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «δικαιοσύνη» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• «δικαιοσύνη» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• “G1343”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • fairness idem, page 302.
  • justice idem, page 466.
  • Justice idem, page 1014.
  • morality idem, page 540.
  • right idem, page 714.
  • righteousness idem, page 715.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δικαιοσύνη ‎(dikaiosúnē).

Noun

δικαιοσύνη • ‎(dikaiosýni) f ‎(uncountable)

1. (law) justice, judicial system
2. (capitalised): Justice (the law personified)
3. justice (impartiality, fairness)

Declension

Coordinate terms

• see: δίκη f ‎(díki, “trial”)