Αἰκίας
assault, battery
Translated by David Whitehead22 Oct 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
It is a kind of private lawsuit [sc. in classical Athens] which could be brought as the result of [suffering] blows. Its punishment was not defined in the laws; rather, the plaintiff specified in writing what punishment he thought the crime deserved, and the jurors adjudicated [sc. between that and the proposal of the defendant].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Αἰκίας· εἶδος δίκης ἐστὶν ἰδιωτικῆς ἐπὶ πληγαῖς λαγχανομένης, ἧς τὸ τίμημα ἐν τοῖς νόμοις οὐκ ἔστιν ὡρισμένον, ἀλλ' ὁ μὲν κατήγορος τίμημα ἐπιγράφεται ὁπόσου δοκεῖ ἄξιον εἶναι τὸ ἀδίκημα, οἱ δὲ δικασταὶ ἐπικρίνουσιν.
Betacode
*ai)ki/as: ei)=dos di/khs e)sti\n i)diwtikh=s e)pi\ plhgai=s lagxanome/nhs, h(=s to\ ti/mhma e)n toi=s no/mois ou)k e)/stin w(risme/non, a)ll' o( me\n kath/goros ti/mhma e)pigra/fetai o(po/sou dokei= a)/cion ei)=nai to\ a)di/khma, oi( de\ dikastai\ e)pikri/nousin.
Notes
- From Harpokration s.v., precisely followed; and cf. in part Anecdota Oxoniensia 2.488.26.
The headword is genitive case, as is customary in such entries.
cf. generally alphaiota 167, alphaiota 168 (and alphaiota 170).
References
S.C. Todd, The Shape of Athenian Law (Oxford 1993) 102
Linked from5 entries
- αι167Αἰκίαsuffering, torment[Meaning] outrage (?)involving blows. "And indeed the rest of the suffering and the even distribution of evils, though the shared nature of it provided some mitigation, was nevertheless not considered easy in the…
- αι168Αἰκίαabuse, assault[Meaning] the act of wounding.
- αι170Αἰκίζειmistreats[Meaning he/she/it] does wrong to, beats, violates.
- αι171Αἰκισμόςabuse, mistreatment[no gloss]
- αι172Αἰκίστριοςmistreater[Meaning] she who mistreats. Also [sc. attested is the masculine] ai)ki/strios.
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