retributive
retributive
adj.
P. and V. τῑμωρός, V. τῑμά̄ορος.
Retributive vengeance for the slaying of a father: V. ἀντικτόνοι ποιναὶ . . . πατρός (Aesch. Eum. 464).
adj.
P. and V. τῑμωρός, V. τῑμά̄ορος.
Retributive vengeance for the slaying of a father: V. ἀντικτόνοι ποιναὶ . . . πατρός (Aesch. Eum. 464).
retributive: no exact equiv.: punishing the crimes of men with r. justice, facta virum multantes vindice poena, Catul. 64, 192: r. justice, *severa scelerum ultrix justitia.