δ1078Δικαιοῦν
to think just, to exact justice
[It] means two [things], both to punish and to consider just; thus Herodotos [uses this verb]. "[He] thinking it just to defend themselves against the Skythians with the same means which they themselves had recourse to,…
Δικαιοῦν· δύο δηλοῖ, τό τε κολάζειν καὶ τὸ δίκαιον νομίζειν· οὕτως Ἡρόδοτος. δικαιῶν τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἀμύνεσθαι τοὺς Σκύθας, οἷς δὴ καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐς Ἀθηναίων τοὺς ἐνδόντας τὴν ἄκραν…