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Definition of Dicasts
1. dicast [n] - See also: dicast
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dicasts
Literary usage of Dicasts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Public Economy of Athens: To which is Added, A Dissertation on the by August Boeckh, George Cornewall Lewis (1842)
"If the wages of the dicasts had been raised before this time to 3 oboli, no one
will suppose that the Athenians would have lowered this rate in opposition ..."
2. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"After the defendant had been found guilty, the prosecutor was called upon to
support the allegation in the indictment and to address the dicasts. ..."
3. Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities by Harry Thurston Peck (1897)
"In some causes, the trial before the dicasts was by law appointed to come on
within a given time; in such as were not provided for by such regulations, ..."
4. A Manual of Greek Antiquities by Percy Gardner, Frank Byron Jevons (1895)
"In the fourth century, with an increased population, selection by lot was again
resorted to. The requisite number of dicasts was drawn by lot, ..."
5. The Politics of Aristotle by Aristotle (1902)
"Does he mean dicasts thus appointed for a given term—say a year or some longer
... There would be obvious objections to appointing dicasts by election for a ..."
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