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1 Reprisal
subs.Vengeance: P. and V. τιμωρία, ἡ, τίσις, ἡ, V. ποινή, ἡ, or pl. (rare P.), ἄποινα, τά (rare P.), ἀντίποινα, τά.Right of public reprisal ( by seizing goods): P. σῦλαι, αἱ, σῦλα, τά (see Dem. 931).They gave the Lacedaemonians a more plausible pretext for making reprisals on the Athenians: P. τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις εὐπροφάσιστον μᾶλλον τὴν αἰτίαν εἰς τοὺς Ἀθηναίους τοῦ ἀμύνεσθαι ἐποίησαν (Thuc. 6, 105).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Reprisal
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