dike

Definitions

1. The goddess personifying the principle of justice.
   Greek, historical
2. Alternative spelling of Dike.
   alt-of, alternative
3. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a dike.
4. The goddess/personification of justice, order and judgement and one of the Horae. She is a daughter of Zeus and Themis, and her sisters are Eirene and Eunomia. Her Roman counterpart is Justitia.
   Greek
5. Alternative spelling of dyke: ditch; embankment; waterway; etc.
   US, alt-of, alternative
6. Formalwear or other fashionable dress.
   US, dialectal, obsolete, slang
7. 99 Dike, a main belt asteroid.
8. justice, order and judgement.
   poetic

Equivalents

Examples

“In 1574, the duke of Alva laid siege to Leiden to gain⟳ control⟳ of Holland's most beautiful and prosperous city. To relieve the siege, William of Orange and his followers opened the city's protective dikes to flush out—literally—the surrounding Spanish forces.”

“Dolos and Dikê in Sophokles’ Elektra”

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