Dictionary entry

G02613

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

καταδικάζω

Infl. fut. άσω

Infl. Pass., aor1 κατεδικάσθην

Infl. perf. καταδεδίκασμαι

I. "to give judgment against" a person, "pass sentence upon" him, "condemn" him, opp. to ἀποδικάζω, c. gen. pers. et acc. rei, κ. τινὸς θάνατον "to pass sentence" of death upon him, Hdt.; c. inf., κ. τινὸς τὰ ἔσχατα παθεῖν "to condemn" him to suffer extreme penalties, Xen.:—Mid. "to get sentence given against" one, δίκην καταδικάζεσθαί τινος Thuc.:—Pass., καταδικασθείς "condemned", Plat.; c. inf., καταδικάζεται ἀποθανεῖν Luc.; of the sentence, ἀντέλεγον μὴ δικαίως σφῶν καταδεδικάσθαι they contended "that judgment had been given" against them unjustly, Thuc.

II. "to declare by express judgment", Xen.