dicast

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a citizen of ancient Athens chosen to serve as both judge and juror in a popular court

   The dicast listened to each litigant before casting his vote on the case.

Borrowed in the nineteenth century from Ancient Greek dikastes, 'judge,' from dikazein, 'to judge or decide a case,' and dike, 'justice, judgment, or lawsuit.' The spelling dikast is a variant.

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