τιμωρία
Alt. τι_μωρία, ἡ,
Etym. from τιμωρός
I. "help, aid, assistance, succour", Hdt., Thuc.
II. "assistance to one who has suffered wrong, retribution, vengeance, punishment", Hdt., etc.; πατρὸς τ. "vengeance taken for" him, Eur.; ἐπὶ τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ τ. for the purpose of "punishing" us, Thuc.; ποιεῖσθαι τιμωρίαν to execute "vengeance", Dem.; τ. εὑρεῖν τινος "to find" vengeance at his hand, Aesch.; τιμωρίαν λαμβάνειν, τιμωρίας τυγχάνειν are used both of the avenger and the sufferer, Plat., Thuc.:—in pl., "penalties", Plat.
Etym. from τι_μωρός