expiation
From LSJ
Δίκαιος ἐὰν ᾖς, πανταχοῦ τῷ τρόπῳ χρήσῃ νόμῳ († λαληθήσῃ) → Si iustus es pro lege tibi mores erunt → Bist du gerecht, ist dein Charakter dir Gesetz (wirst du in aller Munde sein)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. καθαρμός, ὁ, λύσις, ἡ.
compensation: P. and V. τίσις, ἡ (Plato), V. ποινή, ἡ, or pl. (rare P.), ἄποινα, τά (Plato but rare P.).
I am ready to die as an expiation for my country: V. θνήσκειν ἑτοῖμος πατρίδος ἐκλυτήριον (Euripides, Phoenissae 969).
