δικαιόω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δίκαιος (díkaios, decent, righteous) + -όω (-óō, cause someone to be, factitive verb suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

δῐκαιόω • (dikaióō)

  1. to set right
    • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Fragments 169.13
  2. to hold or deem right, to think fit, to claim or demand as right
  3. to do a man right or justice, to judge
    1. to condemn, chastise, punish
    2. to make just, pronounce and treat as righteous, justify, vindicate

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