avenger
From LSJ
εἰς ἀναισχύντους θήκας ἐτράποντο → they resorted to disgraceful modes of burial, they lost all shame in the burial of the dead
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. and V. τιμωρός, ὁ or ἡ, V. ποινάτωρ, ὁ, τιμάορος, ὁ or ἡ, δικηφόρος, ὁ or ἡ, πράκτωρ, ὁ.
Avenger of a father's death: V. πατρὶ τιμωρὸς φόνου (Soph., El. 14).
I will become the avenger of my children's blood: V. τέκνοις δικαστὴς αἵματος γενήσομαι (Eur., H.F. 1150).
