Πράκτορα

executor, punisher

Translated by Catharine Roth19 Mar 2013Vetting: high2 revisions

19 words

[Meaning] avenger. "[I hoped for him] to come at some future time as a punisher of a father's murder."

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πράκτορα· ἔκδικον. φόνου ποτ' αὐτὸν πράκτορ' ἵξεσθαι πατρός.

Betacode

*pra/ktora: e)/kdikon. fo/nou pot' au)to\n pra/ktor' i(/cesqai patro/s.

Notes

Sophocles, Electra 953 (Electra speaking about her brother Orestes), with scholion.
For another sense of the headword noun (here in the accusative case, extracted from the quotation), see pi 2206.

Linked from1 entry

π2206Πράκτωρbailiff, exactor, tax-collector[Meaning] one who exacts the prescribed levy.

Neighbouring entries

π2203Πρακτικαίpractical π2204Πρακτικόνpractical π2205Πράκτοραexecutor, punisher π2206Πράκτωρbailiff, exactor, tax-collector π2207Πράμνιος οἶνοςPramnian wine

Revision history2 revisions · last 13 Oct 2013

13 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
19 Mar 2013expanded note; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
19 Mar 2013Translated — Catharine Roth