τιμωρός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τῑμάορος (tīmáoros)

Etymology

The original meaning was "preserving or guarding τῑμή (tīmḗ)", from τῑμα-ϝορ-ος, a univerbation of τῑμή (tīmḗ, “price, value, honor”) +‎ ὁράω (horáō, “to guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tiː.mɔː.rós/ → /ti.moˈros/ → /ti.moˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tiː.mɔː.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ti.moˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ti.moˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ti.moˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ti.moˈros/

Adjective

τῑμωρός • (tīmōrós) m or f (neuter τῑμωρόν); second declension

1. avenging, helping one to vengeance for a thing
2. succouring, aiding, assisting

Declension

Second declension of τῑμωρός; τῑμωρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τῑμωρός tīmōrós	τῑμωρόν tīmōrón		τῑμωρώ tīmōrṓ	τῑμωρώ tīmōrṓ		τῑμωροί tīmōroí	τῑμωρᾰ́ tīmōrắ
Genitive		τῑμωροῦ tīmōroû	τῑμωροῦ tīmōroû		τῑμωροῖν tīmōroîn	τῑμωροῖν tīmōroîn		τῑμωρῶν tīmōrôn	τῑμωρῶν tīmōrôn
Dative		τῑμωρῷ tīmōrôi	τῑμωρῷ tīmōrôi		τῑμωροῖν tīmōroîn	τῑμωροῖν tīmōroîn		τῑμωροῖς tīmōroîs	τῑμωροῖς tīmōroîs
Accusative		τῑμωρόν tīmōrón	τῑμωρόν tīmōrón		τῑμωρώ tīmōrṓ	τῑμωρώ tīmōrṓ		τῑμωρούς tīmōroús	τῑμωρᾰ́ tīmōrắ
Vocative		τῑμωρέ tīmōré	τῑμωρόν tīmōrón		τῑμωρώ tīmōrṓ	τῑμωρώ tīmōrṓ		τῑμωροί tīmōroí	τῑμωρᾰ́ tīmōrắ
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		τῑμωρῶς tīmōrôs			τῑμωρότερος tīmōróteros			τῑμωρότᾰτος tīmōrótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τῑμωρέω (tīmōréō)
• τῑμώρημᾰ (tīmṓrēmă)
• τῑμώρησῐς (tīmṓrēsĭs)
• τῑμωρητήρ (tīmōrētḗr)
• τῑμωρητής (tīmōrētḗs)
• τῑμωρητῐκός (tīmōrētĭkós)
• τῑμωρῐ́ᾱ (tīmōrĭ́ā)
• τῑμωρῐ́ζω (tīmōrĭ́zō)

Noun

τῑμωρός • (tīmōrós) m (genitive τῑμωροῦ); second declension

1. avenger
2. executioner
3. punisher
4. succourer

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ τῑμωρός; τοῦ τῑμωροῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τῑμωρός ho tīmōrós	τὼ τῑμωρώ tṑ tīmōrṓ	οἱ τῑμωροί hoi tīmōroí
Genitive	τοῦ τῑμωροῦ toû tīmōroû	τοῖν τῑμωροῖν toîn tīmōroîn	τῶν τῑμωρῶν tôn tīmōrôn
Dative	τῷ τῑμωρῷ tôi tīmōrôi	τοῖν τῑμωροῖν toîn tīmōroîn	τοῖς τῑμωροῖς toîs tīmōroîs
Accusative	τὸν τῑμωρόν tòn tīmōrón	τὼ τῑμωρώ tṑ tīmōrṓ	τοὺς τῑμωρούς toùs tīmōroús
Vocative	τῑμωρέ tīmōré	τῑμωρώ tīmōrṓ	τῑμωροί tīmōroí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “τιμωρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τιμωρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τιμωρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τιμωρός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1485