avenger

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

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 (Sophocles, Electra 14).

I will become the avenger of my children's blood: V. τέκνοις δικαστὴς αἵματος γενήσομαι (Euripides, Hercules Furens 1150).