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Meaning of "lex talionis" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LEX TALIONIS

New Latin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LEX TALIONIS

lex talionis  [ˌtælɪˈəʊnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEX TALIONIS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lex talionis is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LEX TALIONIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Eye for an eye

An eye for an eye or the "law" of retaliation, is the principle that a person who has injured another person is penalized to a similar degree, or in softer interpretations, the victim receives the value of the injury in compensation. The principle is sometimes referred using the Latin term lex talionis or the law of talion, the English word talion means a retaliation authorized by law, in which the punishment corresponds in kind and degree to the injury.

Definition of lex talionis in the English dictionary

The definition of lex talionis in the dictionary is the law of revenge or retaliation.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEX TALIONIS


Adonis
əˈdəʊnɪs
coronis
kəˈrəʊnɪs
Draconis
dreɪˈkəʊnɪs
hollowness
ˈhɒləʊnɪs
Issigonis
ˌɪsɪˈɡəʊnɪs
Leonis
liːˈəʊnɪs
lowness
ˈləʊnɪs
mellowness
ˈmɛləʊnɪs
narrowness
ˈnærəʊnɪs
Orionis
ˌɔːrɪˈəʊnɪs
Pavonis
pəˈvəʊnɪs
sallowness
ˈsæləʊnɪs
shallowness
ˈʃæləʊnɪs
slowness
ˈsləʊnɪs
yellowness
ˈjɛləʊnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEX TALIONIS

lex
lex loci
lex non scripta
lex scripta
lexeme
lexemic
lexical
lexical decision task
lexical insertion
lexical meaning
lexical order
lexicalisation
lexicalise
lexicalization
lexicalize
lexically
lexicog.
lexicographer
lexicographic
lexicographical

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEX TALIONIS

blinis
Denis
Dennis
Ennis
finis
frontenis
Kiwanis
lawn tennis
nis
penis
royal tennis
Saint Denis
Saint-Denis
Seine-Saint-Denis
table tennis
Tanis
tennis
titanis
Tunis
tyrannis

Synonyms and antonyms of lex talionis in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lex talionis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEX TALIONIS

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The translations of lex talionis from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lex talionis» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

复仇法
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lex talionis
570 millions of speakers

English

lex talionis
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लेक्स talionis
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ليكس talionis
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Лекс Talionis
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lex talionis
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লেক প্রতিভা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

loi du talion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lex talionis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Talion
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

LEX talionis
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

렉스 탈리오니
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lex talionis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lex talionis
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

லெக்ஸ் தாலியனிஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लेक्स प्रतिभा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Lex talionis
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lex talionis
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lex Talionis
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Лекс Talionis
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lex talionis
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

lex talionis
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lex Taliones
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lex Talionis
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lex talionis
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lex talionis

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEX TALIONIS»

The term «lex talionis» is normally little used and occupies the 120.788 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEX TALIONIS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lex talionis

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEX TALIONIS»

Discover the use of lex talionis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lex talionis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lex Talionis in Early Judaism and the Exhortation of Jesus ...
Based on the Old Testament texts such as Leviticus 24, Exodus 22 and Deuteronomy 19, a strong case can be made that the Lex Talionis law was understood to have a literal application there are several texts that text of Leviticus 24 provides ...
James Davis, James Frederick Davis, 2005
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A Matter of Lex Talionis
Lieutenant, Andre de Aviles is a hard-nosed lawman in charge of Detroit PD's Intel Squad.
B.H. La Forest, 2012
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Punishment and Retribution
would have it, retributivists “are not committed to any particular penalty scheme nor to any particular penalty as being deserved”.25 This amalgam of retributivism and lex talionis is perhaps Kant's most pernicious legacy, from which Moore ...
Dr Leo Zaibert, 2013
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Punishment
On the other hand, when, for moral reasons, we refrain from exacting the lex talionis, and impose a less harsh alternative punishment, it may be said that we are not doing full justice to the criminal, but it cannot automatically be the case that we ...
Alan John Simmons, 1995
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Retaliation: Lex Talionis
The reader will be enthralled by her and almost sypathetic at times towards her. This novel is a dramatic fictional thriller, inspired by the life of a woman who once suffered from mental and physical abuse at the hand of her lover.
Diana Lainson, 2006
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The Spanish Inquisition
The other party produced arguments to the contrary, and the judge decided in favour of either the one or the other. Medieval justice also applied the lex talionis: if the accuser could not prove his allegations, he could be sentenced to the very ...
Joseph Pérez, 2006
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Silver: Lex Talionis
She's a wanted woman-in more ways than one-and this spontaneous act of human kindness is set to be the catalyst for great change in the lives of all concerned. It might even spell the end of Silver and Alex's marriage.
Keira Michelle Telford, 2013
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The Ethics of Proportionate Punishment: A Critical Investigation
... what would constitute the appropriate punishment. A matching of this kind - which I shall henceforth refer to as a “direct matching” - is provided by lex talionis. Though it has been pointed out that the classical biblical formulation “eye for eye,  ...
Jesper Ryberg, 2007
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Smoke on the Mountain: An Interpretation of the Ten Commandments
The lex talionis — " An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth " — is barbarous enough; yet in its day it was an advance over the indiscriminate slaughter of the offender and all his household in vengeance for a single injury, intentional or not.
Joy Davidman, 1985
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Punishment, Communication, and Community
Punishments and Their Meanings To talk of a 'substantive fit' between punishment and crime is not to say, as some versions of Lex Talionis suggest, that punishment should inflict on offenders something resembling what they did to their ...
R. A. Duff, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEX TALIONIS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lex talionis is used in the context of the following news items.
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Christianity: The Good Stuff
Note that retribution is not vindictiveness or the lex talionis. We should not go back to breaking criminals on the wheel (not even Dick Cheney). «Patheos, Jul 15»
2
A Surge for Justice
Anthropologists refer to the resulting tit-for-tat violence as “balanced opposition.” In biblical terms, it is the regime of Lex Talionis—an eye for an ... «Washington Free Beacon, May 15»
3
Art of the Feud
For instance, most feuding cultures recognize a rough rule of equivalence in riposte, the lex talionis being but one example. “9. There are ... «First Things, May 15»
4
A dialogue about culture and war
I agree that Lex Talionis is endemic to the Middle East cultures. I believe that the US has installed and propped up despots solely for its own ... «Albany Times Union, Apr 15»
5
The 13th Juror: Now it Gets Real
But it does look an awful lot like a concept Babylonian King Hammurabi put forth in his code of law around 1750 B.C.: Lex Talionis, they called it ... «whotv.com, Apr 15»
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The Life and Death of Julia Pastrana, Bearded Woman on Parade
To spread from her glowing eyes/To the long sharp nails of her powerful hands/ For the Lex Talionis and its commands/Are just what the ... «Jezebel, Apr 15»
7
How to cope with Holy Week when you feel less than inspired
The judge decided that God should be punished under the terms of lex talionis -- an eye for an eye. Or in this case, a son for a son. God would ... «National Catholic Reporter, Apr 15»
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'NCIS' recap- 'Patience'
Tony is eager to leave and as he is about to step out, Tim tells them the car was registered to an operation known as Lex Talionis. Tony stops in ... «TheCelebrityCafe.com, Apr 15»
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'NCIS' sneak peeks: What is Operation Lex Talionis?
It was requisitioned to the op Lex Talionis, and that stops Tony in his tracks. Gibbs and Tony exchange a look and head upstairs without a word. «Examiner.com, Mar 15»
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Ancient Syria and Mesopotamia, Cradle of Civilization. From Ancient …
The other side of the lex talionis's an eye for an eye, is a sack of wheat for a sack of wheat. The sovereign acted as an insurance institution to ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Mar 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Lex talionis [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/lex-talionis>. Apr 2024 ».
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