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ἄδικος

adikos

wrongdoing, unrighteous, unjust

Appears 323 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἄδικος, ον, (δίκη) of persons, A. wrongdoing, unrighteous, unjust: ἄνθρωποι Hes. Op. 260: Comp. -ώτερος ib.272; δίκαν ἐξ ἀδίκων ἀπαιτῶ A. Ch. 398 (lyr.): Sup. -ώτατος S. Tr. 1011 (lyr.): ἄ. εἴς τι unjust in a thing, ἔς τινα towards a person, Hdt. 2.119; εἰς χρήματα X. Cyr. 8.8.6; περί τινα ib.27; ἄ. [ἐν τῷ ἀστραγαλίζειν] one who plays unfairly, Pl. Alc. 1.110b: c. inf., so unjust as to . . , Ep.Heb.6.10. 2. ἄ. ἵπποι obstinate, unmanageable, X. Cyr. 2.2.26; ἄ. γνάθος the hard mouth of a horse, Id. Eq. 3.5. II. of things, unjust, unrighteous, ἔργα Hes. Op. 334, Hdt. 1.5; ἕργματα Thgn. 380, Sol. 13.12; ἄδικα φρονέειν Thgn. 395; ἄ. λόγος freq. in Ar. Nu.; ἄρχειν χειρῶν ἀ. begin an assault, Antipho 4.2.1, Lys. 4.11, cf. X. Cyr. 1.5.13, D. 47.39; τὸ δίκαιον καὶ τὸ ἄ., τὰ δίκαια καὶ τὰ ἄ. right and wrong, Pl. Grg. 460a, etc.; πλοῦτος ἄ. ill-gotten, unrighteous, Isoc. 1.38; ζυγὸν ἄ. LXX Am. 8.5; νομὴ ἄ. οὐδὲν ἰσχύει PTeb. 286.7 (ii A.D.); ἡ ἄ. . . συναγωγὴ ἀνδρὸς καὶ γυναικός the unrighteous union, Pl. Tht. 150a; ἄ. δίκη vexatious suit, Cratin. 19D. 2. of the punishment of wrongdoing, Ζεὺς νέμων ἄδικα κακοῖς A. Supp. 404 (lyr.), cf. E. Or. 647. III. ἄ. ἡμέρα, i.e. ἄνευ δικῶν, a day on which the courts were shut, Luc. Lex. 9: δίκαιος ἄ. who has not appeared in court, Archipp. 46. IV. Adv. -κως Sol. 13.7, A. Ag. 1546; τοὺς ἀ. θνῄσκοντας S. El. 113 (anap.); εἴτε ὦν δὴ δικαίως εἴτε ἀ. jure an injuria, Hdt. 6.137; δικαίως καὶ ἀ. Pl. Lg. 743b; οὐκ ἀ. not without reason, h.Merc. 316, Simon. 89.3, Pl. Phd. 72a.
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