vengeance
τί δὲ βλέπεις τὸ κάρφος τὸ ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου, τὴν δὲ ἐν τῷ σῷ ὀφθαλμῷ δοκὸν οὐ κατανοεῖς → why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye | and why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye | why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. and V. τιμωρία, ἡ, τίσις, ἡ (Plat.), V. ποινή, ἡ, or pl. (rare P.), ἄποινα, τά (rare P.), ἀντίποινα, τά.
The day of vengeance: V. ἡμέρα δικηφόρος (Aesch., Ag. 1577).
Vengeance would have fallen on Aegisthus at last: V. δίκη τʼ ἂν ἦλθεν Αἰγίσθῳ πότε (Eur., El. 42).
Take vengeance (on), v.: P. and V. τιμωρεῖσθαι (acc. or absol.), ἀμύνεσθαι (acc. or absol.), ἀνταμύνεσθαι (acc. or absol.), ἀντιτιμωρεῖσθαι (acc. or absol.), μετέρχεσθαι (acc.). Ar. and V. ἀνταμείβεσθαι (acc. or absol.), τίνεσθαι (acc.), V. ἀποτίνεσθαι (acc.) (Eur., Ion, 972), ποινᾶσθαι (acc.), δίκας αἴρεσθαι παρά (gen.), ἀποτίνεσθαι δίκην (acc. or absol.); see punish.
Take vengeance for, v.: P. and V. ἀμύνεσθαι (acc.), τιμωρίαν λαμβάνειν (gen.), δίκην λαμβάνειν (gen.), τίσιν λαμβάνειν (gen.), V. ἄποινα μετέρχεσθαι (gen.), ἀντίποινα πράσσειν (gen.), τίνεσθαι (acc.), ἐκτίνεσθαι (acc.), ἐκπράσσειν (acc.), ἐκδικάζειν (acc.), Ar. ἀποτίνεσθαι (acc.); see punish.
