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δικαιόω

dikaioo

set right

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

δικαιόω, Ion. impf. ἐδικαίευν Hdt. 1.100: fut. -ώσω Orac. ap. eund.5.92.βʹ. Th. 5.26; -ώσομαι Id. 3.40:aor. ἐδικαίωσα Id. 2.71:—Pass., fut. -ωθήσομαι LXX Si. 18.2: aor. ἐδικαιώθην A. Ag. 393 (lyr.): pf. δεδικαίωμαι LXXEz. 21.13(18). I. set right, νόμος . . δικαιῶν τὸ βιαιότατον Pi. Fr. 169.3; δικαιωθείς proved, tested, A. l. c. II. hold or deem right, claim or demand as a right, c. inf., Hdt. 1.89, 133, Hp. Fract. 31; δεινά με δικαιοῖ δρᾶν S. OT 640, cf. 575; δικαιοῦντες μὴ ἀφαιρεθῆναι αὐτήν Th. 2.41: with inf. omitted, οὕτω δ. (sc. γενέσθαι) Hdt. 9.42; δίκας δ. (sc. γενέσθαι) ib.93; ὅποι ποτὲ θεὸς δικαιοῖ S. Ph. 781; οὐκ ὀρθῶς δ. Th. 5.26; pronounce judgement, Id. 2.71: c. inf., ἐδικαίωσεν ἀποδοῦναι ἡμᾶς τὸ κεφάλαιον PRyl. 119.14 (i A. D.); consent, δουλεύειν Hdt. 2.172, cf. 6.86; οὐκ ἐδικαίου οὐδένα οἱ ἐσαγγεῖλαι he would not allow . . Id. 3.118:—Pass., τὸ δικαιωθὲν ὑπό τινος that which is ordained, D.H. 10.1. III. do a man right or justice: hence, 1. chastise, punish, Hdt. 1.100:—Pass., Id. 3.29, Pl. Lg. 934b, D.C. Fr. 57.47; pass sentence on, ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς δικαιώσεσθε Th. 3.40. 2. Pass., also, have right done one, opp. ἀδικεῖσθαι, Arist. EN 1136a18. 3. pronounce and treat as righteous, justify, vindicate, LXXEx. 23.7, Je. 3.11; ἑαυτούς Ev.Luc. 16.15, etc.:—freq. in Pass., ib.7.35, etc.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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