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Vengeance: P. and V. τῑμωρία, ἡ, τί̆σῐς, ἡ, V. ποινή, ἡ, or pl. (rare P.), ἄ̆ποινα, τά (rare P.), ἀντί̆ποινα, τά.
Right of public reprisal (by seizing goods): P. σῦλαι, αἱ, σῦλα, τά (see Dem. 931).
Make reprisals, v.: P. and V. ἀ̆μύνεσθαι.
They gave the Lacedaemonians a more plausible pretext for making reprisals on the Athenians: P. τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις εὐπροφάσιστον μᾶλλον τὴν αἰτίαν εἰς τοὺς Ἀθηναίους τοῦ ἀμύνεσθαι ἐποίησαν (Thuc. 6.105).
subs.
Vengeance: P. and V. τῑμωρία, ἡ, τί̆σῐς, ἡ, V. ποινή, ἡ, or pl. (rare P.), ἄ̆ποινα, τά (rare P.), ἀντί̆ποινα, τά.
Right of public reprisal (by seizing goods): P. σῦλαι, αἱ, σῦλα, τά (see Dem. 931).
Make reprisals, v.: P. and V. ἀ̆μύνεσθαι.
They gave the Lacedaemonians a more plausible pretext for making reprisals on the Athenians: P. τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις εὐπροφάσιστον μᾶλλον τὴν αἰτίαν εἰς τοὺς Ἀθηναίους τοῦ ἀμύνεσθαι ἐποίησαν (Thuc. 6.105).
reprisal: nearest word tălio, ōnis, f.: r.s are made on both sides, actio mutua (al. mutuae) talionis oritur, Gell. 20, 1: to make r.s, retalio, 1, id. ib.: v. RETALIATION .