katadikas

δίκη [ῐ], ἡ,
custom, usage, αὕτη δ. ἐστὶ βροτῶν this is the way of mortals, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἡ γὰρ δ., ὁππότε.. this is always the way, when.., Refs 2nd c.AD+; δίκαν ἐφέπειν τινός to imitate him, Refs 5th c.BC+; δ. ἐπέχειν τινός to be like.., Refs 1st c.AD+; normal course of nature, ἐκ τουτέων ὁ θάνατος οὐ γίνεται κατά γε δίκην, οὐδ᾽ ἢν γένηται Refs 5th c.BC+
2 adverbial in accusative δίκην, in the way of, after the manner of, with genitive, λύκοιο Refs 5th c.BC+; in later Prose, Refs 5th c.BC+
II order, right, μή τι δίκης ἐπιδευές nothing short of what is fit, Refs 8th c.BC+; opposed to σχέτλια ἔργα, Refs 8th c.BC+; Truth, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 δίκη ἐστί, ={δίκαιόν ἐστι}, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.3 Adverb. usages, δίκῃ duly, rightly, Refs 8th c.BC+ on the score of justice, Refs 5th c.BC+; δίχα δίκης without trial, Refs 1st c.AD+; πρὸ δίκης in preference to legal proceedings, Refs 5th c.BC+
III judgement, δίκην ἰθύντατα εἰπεῖν give judgement most righteously (compare ἰθύς), Refs 8th c.BC+
IV after Refs 8th c.BC+, of proceedings instituted to determine legal rights, hence,
IV.1 lawsuit, Refs 5th c.BC+; properly private suit or action, opposed to γραφή (which see), Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ δίκην ἔχοντες the parties to a suit, Refs 1st c.AD+
IV.2 trial of the case, πρὸ δίκης Refs 5th c.BC+; court by which it was tried, ἐν ὑμῖν ἐστι καὶ τῇ δίκῃ Refs 5th c.BC+
IV.2.b δίκην εἰπεῖν to plead a cause, Refs 5th c.BC+
IV.3 the object or consequence of the action, atonement, satisfaction, penalty, δίκην ἐκτίνειν, τίνειν, Refs 5th c.BC+: adverbially in accusative, τοῦ δίκην πάσχεις τάδ; Refs 4th c.BC+; frequently δίκην or δίκας διδόναι suffer punishment, i. e. make amends (but δίκας δ., in Refs 4th c.BC+, to grant arbitration); δίκας διδόναι τινί τινος Refs 5th c.BC+; also ἀντί or ὑπέρ τινος, Refs 5th c.BC+; also δίκην διδόναι ὑπὸ θεῶν to be punished by.., Refs 5th c.BC+; but δίκας ἤθελον δοῦναι they consented to submit to trial, Refs 5th c.BC+; δίκας λαμβάνειν sometimes ={δ. διδόναι}, Refs 5th c.BC+; more frequently its correlative, inflict punishment, take vengeance, Refs 5th c.BC+; so δίκην ἔχειν to have one's punishment, Refs 5th c.BC+ have satisfaction, Refs 5th c.BC+; δίκας or δίκην ὑπέχειν stand trial, Refs 5th c.BC+; θανάτου δίκην ὀφλεῖν ὑπό τινος to incur the death penalty, Refs 5th c.BC+; δίκην φεύγειν try to escape it, be the defendant in the trial (opposed to διώκειν prosecute), Refs 4th c.BC+; δίκας αἰτέειν demand satisfaction, τινός for a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+; τινός for a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+; δίκας ἑλεῖν, see at {ἔρημος} 11; δίκην τείσασθαι, see at {τίνω} 11; δὸς δὲ δίκην καὶ δέξο παρὰ Ζηνί Refs; δίκας διδόναι καὶ λαμβάνειν παρ᾽ ἀλλήλων, of communities, submit causes to trial, Refs 5th c.BC+; δίκας δοῦναι καὶ δέξασθαι submit differences to a peaceful settlement, Refs 5th c.BC+
V Refs 4th c.BC+ name for three, Refs 1st c.AD+; for five, Refsdiś-, diśā 'direction', 'quarter of the heavens'.)

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.