ἀδίκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The suffix "-ίκη" is found also in ἑλίκη (helíkē) and μυρίκη (muríkē, “tamarisk”). A connection with Proto-West Germanic *natilā (“nettle”) has been proposed. Alternatively it might be a substrate word, maybe from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.dí.kɛː/ → /aˈði.ci/ → /aˈði.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.dí.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈdi.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈði.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈði.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈði.ci/

Noun

ἀδῐ́κη • (adíkē) f (genitive ἀδῐ́κης); first declension

1. nettle (Urtica dioica)

   Synonym: ἀκᾰλήφη (akalḗphē)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀδῐ́κη; τῆς ἀδῐ́κης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀδῐ́κη hē adíkē	τὼ ἀδῐ́κᾱ tṑ adíkā	αἱ ἀδῐ́και hai adíkai
Genitive	τῆς ἀδῐ́κης tês adíkēs	τοῖν ἀδῐ́καιν toîn adíkain	τῶν ἀδῐκῶν tôn adikôn
Dative	τῇ ἀδῐ́κῃ têi adíkēi	τοῖν ἀδῐ́καιν toîn adíkain	ταῖς ἀδῐ́καις taîs adíkais
Accusative	τὴν ἀδῐ́κην tḕn adíkēn	τὼ ἀδῐ́κᾱ tṑ adíkā	τᾱ̀ς ἀδῐ́κᾱς tā̀s adíkās
Vocative	ἀδῐ́κη adíkē	ἀδῐ́κᾱ adíkā	ἀδῐ́και adíkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀδίκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀδίκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀδίκη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 21