τιμωρέω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τῑμωρός (tīmōrós, avenging, avenger) +‎ -έω (-éō, denominative verbal suffix), a contraction of τῑμάορος (tīmáoros), from τῑμή (tīmḗ, honour) +‎ ὁράω (horáō, to see).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

τῑμωρέω • (tīmōréō)

  1. to avenge, exact vengeance
    • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 7.3.11:
      ἐγώ φημι, ὦ ἄνδρες, ἀποκτείναντας μὲν ὑμᾶς ἐμὲ τετιμωρηκότας ἔσεσθαι ἀνδρὶ τῷ πάντων ὑμῖν πολεμιωτάτῳ, γνόντας δὲ δίκαια πεποιηκέναι αὐτοὺς τετιμωρηκότας φανεῖσθαι ὑπέρ τε ὑμῶν αὐτῶν καὶ ὑπὲρ τῶν συμμάχων ἁπάντων.
      egṓ phēmi, ô ándres, apokteínantas mèn humâs emè tetimōrēkótas ésesthai andrì tōî pántōn humîn polemiōtátōi, gnóntas dè díkaia pepoiēkénai autoùs tetimōrēkótas phaneîsthai hupér te humôn autôn kaì hupèr tôn summákhōn hapántōn.
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  2. to succour, help one retaliate
  3. to relieve, render medical aid

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: τιμωρώ (timoró) (learned)

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