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dicast

dicast noun: a kind of juror.

Noun

dicast (plural dicasts)

  1. (Ancient Greece) A kind of juror.
    • The dicast keeps his eyes level in the face of his gods. The parity of the ballots of the impartial human jury is a twofold symbol[…]1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “VIII. Orestea. III: Eumenides”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 220

Forms of dicast

pluraldicasts
alternative formdikast

Origin of dicast

From Ancient Greek δικαστής (dikastḗs, “judge”).

Questions about dicast

What does dicast mean?
Dicast means a kind of juror.
What part of speech is dicast?
Dicast is a noun.
What is the plural of dicast?
The plural of dicast is dicasts.

Words near dicast in the dictionary

  1. dicarpellary
  2. dicarpous
  3. dicaryophyte
  4. dicaryophytes
  5. dicaryotic
  6. dicast
  7. dicasterial
  8. dicasteries
  9. dicastery
  10. dicastic
  11. dicasts

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