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τιμωρός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τιμωρός τιμωρόν

Structure: τιμωρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: timh/, a)ei/rw

Sense

  1. upholding honour;
  2. helping, aiding, succouring, a helper, aider, tutelary
  3. assisting one who has suffered wrong, avenging, an avenger, helping, to vengeance for, for vengeance

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative τιμωρός τίμωρον
Genitive τιμωροῦ τιμώρου
Dative τιμωρῷ τιμώρῳ
Accusative τιμωρόν τίμωρον
Vocative τιμωρέ τίμωρον
DualN/A/V τιμωρώ τιμώρω
G/D τιμωροῖν τιμώροιν
PluralNominative τιμωροί τίμωρα
Genitive τιμωρῶν τιμώρων
Dative τιμωροῖς τιμώροις
Accusative τιμωρούς τίμωρα
Vocative τιμωροί τίμωρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective τιμωρός τιμωροῦ τιμωρότερος τιμωροτεροῦ τιμωρότατος τιμωροτατοῦ
Adverb τιμώρως τιμωρότερον τιμωρότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ὑπὲρ σεαυτοῦ καὶ τῆσ οἰκίασ ἀφοσιωσάμενοσ ὡσ ῥᾷστα τὴν συμφορὰν φέρειν, ἄλλῃ δὲ εἴ πῃ βούλει, τιμωροῦ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 90:5)

Synonyms

  1. upholding honour

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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