dicast
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of dicast
1700–10; < Greek dikastḗs a juryman, equivalent to *dikad-, base of dikázein to judge, determine (derivative of díkē right, law, order) + -tēs agentive suffix
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Here, Demos, feast on this dish; it is your salary as a dicast, which you gain through me for doing naught.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes
A juror or dicast would receive the same sum for attendance, and the courts or juries often consisted of 500 persons.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various
At the same time, your Athenian dicast is a remarkably shrewd and acute individual.
From A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life by William Stearns Davis
The chance to hear a speech prepared by that famous oration-monger is enough to bring every dicast out early, and to summon a swarm of loiterers up from the not distant Agora.
From A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life by William Stearns Davis
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
