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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

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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