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” SIG1181.12 (Jewish, circ. ii/i B.C.).
II. avenge or vindicate a 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 avenge one on another, Ev.Luc.18.3: c.dat., Sch.Ar.Pl.627:—Pass., LXX Ps.36 (37).28.