τιμωρέω
Etym. τιμωρός
I. "to help, aid, succour", τινί Hdt., Soph., etc.:—absol. "to lend aid, give succour", Hdt.
II. "to assist one who has suffered wrong, to avenge" him, c. dat., id=Hdt.:—so in Mid., Soph., Eur.:—in full construction "the person avenged" is in dat., "the person on whom vengeance is taken" in acc., and "the crime avenged" in gen., τιμωρεῖν τινι τοῦ παιδὸς τὸν φονέα "to avenge" him "on" the murderer "for" [the murder of] his son, Xen.:—also, c. acc. rei, τ. τὸν φόνον "to avenge" his slaughter, Plat.:—Pass. "to be visited with vengeance", id=Soph., etc.; impers., τετιμώρηται τῶι Λεωνίδηι "vengeance has been taken" for him, he has been avenged, Hdt.
2. τιμωρεῖν τινά "to take vengeance" on him, Soph.:—in Mid. "to exact vengeance from, visit with punishment", τινά Hdt., attic; Ἑαυτὸν τιμωρούμενος "Self-tormentor", name of a play by Menander:—c. gen. rei, τιμωρεῖσθαί τινά τινος "to take vengeance on" one "for" a thing, Hdt., attic:—so, also, τ. τινὰ ἀντί τινος Hdt.: —c. acc. rei, σ᾽ ἀδελφῆς αἷμα τιμωρήσεται "will visit" thy sister's blood "on" thee, Eur.
3. in Mid. also absol. "to avenge oneself, seek vengeance", Hdt., Xen., etc.; τὸ τιμωρησόμενον "the probability of vengeance", Dem.; ἐς Λεωνίδεα τετιμωρήσεαι "thou wilt have vengeance taken" in respect to Leonidas, Hdt.