τιμωρία τῑμωρία, ἡ, from τιμωρός help, aid, assistance, succour, Hdt., Thuc. assistance to one who has suffered wrong, retribution, vengeance, punishment, Hdt., etc.; πατρὸς τ. vengeance taken for him, Eur.; ἐπὶ τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ τ. for the purpose of punishing us, Thuc.; ποιεῖσθαι τιμωρίαν to execute vengeance, Dem.; τ. εὑρεῖν τινος to find vengeance at his hand, Aesch.; τιμωρίαν λαμβάνειν, τιμωρίας τυγχάνειν are used both of the avenger and the sufferer, Plat., Thuc.:—in pl., penalties, Plat. from τῑμωρός