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|Definition=[τῐ], εως, ἡ, ([[τίνω]]>; cf. Skt. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[apacitis]] [[vengeance]]) [[payment by way of return]] or [[recompense]], [[retribution]], [[vengeance]], <span class="bibl">Od.2.76</span>, <span class="bibl">Il. 22.19</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>210</span>, <span class="bibl">Alcm.23.36</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐκ γὰρ Ὀρέσταο τ. ἔσσεται Ἀτρεΐδαο</b> [[retribution for]] his murder, <span class="bibl">Od.1.40</span>; freq. in Hdt., <b class="b3">τίσιν δοῦναί τινος</b> suffer [[punishment for]] an act, <span class="bibl">8.76</span>; τίσιν τινὶ ἐκτεῖσαι <span class="bibl">6.84</span>; τ. ἥξει <span class="bibl">2.152</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>228</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">τιμωρίη τε καὶ τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.8</span>.ά; <b class="b3">πρὸς κασιγνήτου τίσιν</b> [[for]] him, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1329</span>; <b class="b3">τῶν τοιούτων τ</b>. [[retribution for]] such things, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>870d</span>: pl., <b class="b3">Ὀροίτεα Πολυκράτεος τίσιες μετῆλθον</b> (where it may be personified, [[avengers]] of P., like [[Ἐρινύες]]) <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.126</span>, <span class="bibl">128</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[power to repay]] or [[power to requite]], both in bad and good sense, φίλων <span class="bibl">Thgn.337</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">345</span>.</span>