τιμωρός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τιμωρόν, contr. from [[τιμάορος]] (v. sub fin.), which remains as a Dor. form in Pi.''O.'' 9.84 (trisyll.), A.''Ag.''514, al., E.''Fr.''318.4, ''IG''14.1389 ii 29 (Rome), etc.; in late Ep. [[τιμήορος]], A.R.4.709, 1358, 1730: A.''Supp.''42 (lyr.) has an acc. [[τιμάορα]], as if from [[τιμάωρ]], ορος, ὁ:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[avenging]], and as [[substantive]] [[avenger]], <b class="b3">τ. τινός</b> any one's [[avenger]], A.''Ag.''1280, 1324, 1578, S.''El.''811, 1156, etc.: c. dat., τ. τινὶ γενέσθαι Antipho 1.2: c. gen. rei, [[helping]] one to [[vengeance]] for a thing, πατρὶ τ. φόνου S.''El.'' 14: abs., <b class="b3">ἐπεὶ τιμάορος ἕστωρ</b> the [[founder]] is the [[avenger]], IG [[l.c.]] (cf. ''Berl.Sitzb.''1928.19): not always of persons, <b class="b3">δίκη κακῶν τ.</b> S.''Fr.''107.9; ἡ τῶν συγγενῶν αἱμάτων τ. [[δίκη]] Pl.''Lg.''872e, cf. 716a; χείρ E.''Hec.'' 843; <b class="b3">λόγος τιμωρός</b> a [[plea]] or [[argument]] [[for vengeance]], Hdt.7.5.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[executioner]], Plb.2.58.8.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[τιμωρόν]], τό, = [[κώνειον]], Ps.-Dsc.4.78.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[succouring]], and as [[substantive]] [[succourer]] of one who has been attacked or wronged, Hdt.2.141, 7.171, Th.4.2; <b class="b3">τὸν ἐμὸν τιμάορον Ἑρμῆν</b> my [[tutelary]] [[god]], A.''Ag.''514; ἡρῷσσαι, Λιβύης τιμήοροι ἠδὲ θύγατρες A.R.4.1358; <b class="b3">Ἀπόλλωνα . . Ἀνάφης τιμήορον</b> ib.1730.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ἦλθον τιμάορος Ἰσθμίαισι Λαμπρομάχου μίτραις</b> I have come to [[pay honour to]] . ., Pi.l.c. ([[τιμαορος]] perhaps '[[penalty]]-[[exactor]]', fr. [[τιμή]] ''III'' and [[ἄρνυμαι]]:—for the accentuations [[τιμάορος]]: [[τιμωρός]], cf. [[λυράοιδος]]: [[λυρῳδός]], on which see Hdn.Gr.1.229.)