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τιμωρία

τιμωρία, τιμωρία, ἡ, revenge, vengeance (noun)

τῑμωρ-ία, Ion. -ίη, ἡ,
  • retribution, vengeance (differing from κόλασις, corrective punishment, Arist. Rh. 1369b12), ἐς τ . . . παρασκευαζομένοισι Hdt. 5.90; τ. καὶ τίσις Id. 7.8.α, cf. Ep.Hebr. 10.29, etc.; πατρὸς τ. vengeance taken for him, E. Or. 425; μητρὸς αἵματος τιμωρίαι for having shed a motherʼs blood, ib. 400; ἐπὶ τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ τ. for the purpose of punishing us, Th. 3.63; Λεωνίδην ἐάν τις ἀποκτείνῃ . . τὴν τ. εἶναι καθάπερ ἐάν τις Ἀθηναίων ἀποθάνῃ IG 1(2).56.16, cf. 154.12; οὐκ ἔχει τιμωρίαν γὰρ τἀδίκημʼ, ἔγκλημα δέ Men. Pk. 253; ἡ κατὰ τῶν προδιδόντων τ. vengeance against or upon . ., Lycurg. 140, cf. D. 18.274, Din. 1.105; τ. ἐσομένη ἔς τινα Hdt. 1.123, cf. D. 22.55; τ. ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἀδικηθέντος Antipho 6.6, cf. Isoc. 20.19: with Verbs, of the avenger, ποιεῖσθαι τιμωρίαν execute vengeance, D. 21.26, etc.; τινος on one, And. 4.18; τ. ὑπὲρ ὧν ἐπεπόνθειν λαβεῖν D. 24.8; but παρά τινος λαμβάνειν τ. exact it from him, Philem. 88.14; of the wrongdoer, τ. Ἀθηνῶν ηὗρε found, i.e. suffered, vengeance at Athens’ hand, A. Pers. 473; τιμωρίας τυγχάνειν to be punished, Pl. Grg. 472d, PEnteux. 50.7 (iii B.C.), etc. (but also, obtain vengeance, Th. 2.74, X. Cyr. 4.6.7); τ. ἀντιδοῦναι Th. 2.53; τίνειν Pl. Lg. 905a, etc.; ὑπέχειν Th. 6.80, Pl. Lg. 716b, etc.; of persons in authority, αἱ τ. εἰσὶ παρὰ τῶν θεῶν Hdt. 2.120; τ. δοῦναί τινι give him right of vengeance, D. 23.7, cf. ib. 54, 59.86; so τὰς τ. τοῖς ἰδιώταις ἐποίησε βραδείας Id. 26.4: pl., penalties, λαμβάνειν τὰς ἀξίας τ. Antiph. 247; ταῖς ἐσχάταις τιμωρεῖσθαι τ. Pl. R. 579a, cf. Lg. 943d, al.; of state-punishments, LXX 2 Ma. 6.26, al.; οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν τ. Plu. Art. 14, 17; of divine punishments, ἐξορκίζω σε . . κατὰ <τῶν ἐπὶ> τῶν τ. τεταγμένων PMag.Lond. 121.303.
    • II succour, εὑρήσεται τ. Hdt. 3.148; ἡ ἀφʼ ὑμῶν τ. Th. 1.69, cf. 5.112; τ. ποιεῖσθαί τινι Id. 1.124; τ. τοῦ τεθνεῶτος due to him, Antipho 1.5.
      • 2 of medical aid, Hp. Acut. 18 (pl.); cf. τιμωρέω II.2.

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