δικάζω

G6927 G:V

to act as judge

1. to judge, to give judgment on a thing, decide or determine a point, (Iliad by Homer), etc. 2. with accusative cognate , δίκας δ., to adjudge a penalty, (Herdotus Historicus); δ. φυγήν τινι to decree it as his punishment, (Aeschulus Tragicus); δ. φόνον ματρός to ordain her slaughter, (Euripides); δ. τοῦ ἐγκλήματος [i.e. δίκην] (Xenophon Historicus):—;Pass. to be decided , (Thucydides) 3. to pass judgment on, condemn , (Sophocles Tragicus) 4. φόνον δ. to plead in a case of murder, (Euripides) 5. with dative pers. to decide between persons, judge their cause , Τρωσί τε καὶ Δαναοῖσι δικαζέτω (Iliad by Homer); ἐς μέσον ἀμφοτέροισι δικάσσατε (Iliad by Homer): —;Pass. to be judged or accused , (Xenophon Historicus) 6. absolute to be judge, give judgment , (Iliad by Homer):—; to sit as judges or jurymen , (Demosthenes Orator) 7. Mid. of the culprit, to plead one's own case, defend one's right, have one's case tried, go to law , (Odyssey by Homer), etc.: —; δίκην δικάζεσθαί τινι to go to law with one, (Plato Philosophus); πρός τινα (Thucydides); τινος or περί τινος for a thing, (Demosthenes Orator) (ML)