avenge, punish,
ἐκδῐκ-έω,
A. avenge, punish,
φόνον
Ctes. Fr. 37
; παρακοήν
2 Ep.Cor. 10.6
; τινάς
PGen. 47.17
(iv A.D.);exact vengeance for,
τὰ αἵματα τῶν δούλων
LXX 2 Ki. 4.8
; τὸ αἷμα τὸ ἀναίτιον
SIG 1181.12
(Jewish, circ.ii/i B.C.).
2. decidea case,δίκην, ἀγῶνα,
Ph. 2.432 , POxy. 1020.6
(ii A. D.).
II. avengeorvindicatea person, by taking up his cause, Apollod. 2.5.11 , PAmh. 2.134.10
(ii A.D.), Plu. Comp.Ag.Gracch. 5 ; ἑαυτούς
Ep.Rom. 12.19
, etc.;ἐ. τινὰ ἀπό τινος avengeone on another, Ev.Luc. 18.3 : c.dat., Sch. Ar. Pl. 627 :— Pass. , LXX Ps. 36 ( 37 ). 28 .
2. act as
ἔκδικος
11.3
, AJA 18.325 (Sardes,i B. C.), cf. CIG 2824 (Aphrodisias), BCH 23.182 (Pisidia).
III. claim, CIG 3488 (Thyatira), Inscr.Perg. 245 ; σιτία καὶ ποτά
Hierocl. in CA 8p.431M.
IV. ἐ. τισί make retribution forthem, Aesop. 279b .
