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ἐπιδι^κ-άζω ,
A.adjudge property in dispute to one, of the judge, ἐ. κλῆρόν τινι Is.11.26, D.48.26:—Pass., ἐπιδεδικασμένου καὶ ἔχοντος τὸν κλῆρον having had it adjudged to one and being in possession, Id.43.7: abs., Lexib.16.
II.. Med., of the claimant, go to law to establish one's claim, Pl.Lg.874a, PGnom.28,40 (ii A.D.); ἔχω . . τὸν κλῆρον ἐπιδικασάμενος I have obtained it by a lawsuit, Is.11.19.
2.. c.gen., sue for, claim at law, “ἐπιδικάζεσθαι τοῦ κλήρου” Lys.Fr.32, Is.3.41, D. 43.3; ἐ. τῆς ἐπικλήρου claim the hand of the heiress, ib.55, cf. And.1.120, Is.10.5; Ἐπιδικαζόμενος, ὁ, title of plays by Philem., Diph., and Apollod.; later “ἐ. τῆς ἀρχῆς” J.AJ19.2.1: metaph., “ἐ. τῆς μέσης χώρας” Arist.EN1107b31:—Pass., to be assigned, of an heiress, D.S.12.18.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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