ἔνδικος

endikos

according to right, just, legitimate

Appears 8 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 2
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Book XI 1
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915d2
Book XII 1
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954a2
Letters 2
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318d5
335e1
Epinomis 1
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976d4
Hippias Major 1
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292b1
Philebus 1
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12d6
Timaeus 1
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85b2

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔνδικος, Arc. ἴνδικος, ον, (δίκη): I. of things, according to right, just, legitimate, Pi. P. 5.103; γόος ἔ. A. Ch. 330 (lyr.); ὀνείδη Id. Eu. 135; λέκτρα IG 12(5).675.4 (Syros); κρίμα Ep.Rom. 3.8: τὸ μὴ ʼνδικον, = τὸ ἄδικον, S. OT 682 (lyr.); τὰ πάντων ἐνδικώτατα Id. OC 925; μὴ λέγων γε τοὔνδικον not speaking truth, Id. OT 1158. 2. legal, ἔ. ἡμέρα a court-day, Poll. 8.25. b. having a locus standi, μή οἱ ἔστω ἴνδικον μηδέποθι ἀλλʼ ἢ . . he shall not have the right to sue, IG 5(2).6.33 (Tegea, iv B. C.), cf. Foed.Delph.Pell. 2A 16, Pl. Lg. 915d, IG 22.46c56. c. = ἔνοχος δίκα, Leg.Gort. 3.23, 11.22. d. ἔ. πόλις a city in which justice is done, Pl. Hp.Ma. 292b; in which sales may be publicly registered, Milet. 3.140. II. of persons, upright, just, A. Eu. 699, S. Ant. 208; πρὸς ἐνδίκοις φρεσίν A. Ag. 996 (lyr.); δῆμος ἐνδικώτατος Id. Fr. 196: c. dat., ἔ. γάμοις favourable to them, Id. Supp. 82 (lyr.). 2. possessed of right, τίς μᾶλλον ἐνδικώτερος; who has a better right? Id. Th. 673. III. Adv. -κως right, with justice, fairly, Id. Pr. 63, Ch. 462 (lyr.), etc.; ὀρθῶς ἐ. τʼ ἐπώνυμος Id. Th. 405: Sup. -ώτατα Pl. Ti. 85b. 2. justly, naturally, as one has a right to expect, S. OT 135, E. Andr. 920.

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