τιμωρός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

τῑμάορος (tīmáoros)

Etymology

The original meaning was "preserving or guarding honor", from *τῑμα-ϝορ-ος (*tīma-wor-os), a univerbation of τῑμή (tīmḗ, “price, value, honor”) +‎ ὁράω (horáō, “to guard”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(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

avenging, helping one to vengeance for a thing
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 tīmōrōî		τῑμωρῷ tīmōrōî	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
Derived forms	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)
τῑμωρῐ́η (tīmōrĭ́ē)

Noun

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

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 tōî tīmōrōî	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.

References

^ 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