Definition of Dikasts

1. dikast [n] - See also: dikast

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dikasts

dijets
dijudicant
dijudicants
dijudicate
dijudication
dijudications
dik-dik
dik-diks
dika
dika bread
dika nut
dikaryon
dikaryotic
dikas
dikast
dikasts (current term)
dikdik
dikdiks
diked
diker
dikers
dikes
diketene
diketenes
diketohydrindylidene-diketohydrindamine
diketone
diketones
diketopipe razines
diketopiperazine

Literary usage of Dikasts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1888)
"Never before had the Athenian dikasts heard such a speech addressed to them. ... The Athenian dikasts were always accustomed to be addressed with deference, ..."

2. A History Of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close Of the Generation by George Grote (1869)
"2 The effect produced upon the dikasts was such as Sokrates anticipated ... Never before had the Athenian dikasts heard such a speech addressed to them. ..."

3. The Historical Development of the Jury System by Maximus A. Lesser (1894)
"THE dikasts OF GREECE. The development of the jury may justly be said to measure the march of civilization. "In the early stages of society . . . causes are ..."

4. A Concise Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities: Based on Sir William by Francis Warre Cornish (1898)
"After both parties had been heard, the dikasts gave their verdict ... The dikasts had to choose one or other of the two propositions of the accuser and ..."

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