COMPOUND: Λαοδίκη, -ης
CATEGORIZATION: N [N+N] or [N+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘Laodike’ or ‘tried by the people’
ETYMOLOGY: noun stem λαο- (λαός) ‘men, people’ + δίκη ‘order, right’ or + verbal root *δικ- (δείκνυμι) + f. noun suf. –η
OCCURRENCE: Il. III, 124; VI, 252; IX, 145, 287.
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. f. sg., acc. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya or subordinate (argument-V) – tatpuruṣa (V-governing)
NOTES: uncertain etymology; in Hom. only proper name