avenge Copy link Outline I. For the injured person or thing1. ulciscor, ultus, 3 (the most usu. word2. exsĕquor, sĕcūtus, 3 (prop. with ref. to the offence3. părento, 1 (prop. to offer sacrifices to the dead; hence only of avenging death; the person whose death is avenged, in dat.)4. vindĭco, 1 (rare)II. For the offence committed1. ulciscor, 32. exsĕquor, 33. persĕquor, 34. vindĭco, 15. pūnĭo, 4 • avenge: i. e. to take or obtain satisfaction: I. For the injured person or thing: 1. ulciscor, ultus, 3 (the most usu. word: in some forms it is used in a passive sense): with which arms you may a. yourself, quibus armis possis te u., Cic.: to a. one's slaughtered brothers, caesos fratres u., Ov.: to a. one's falling country, cadentem patriam u., Virg. they punished their mother in order to a. their father, patris ulciscendi causa supplicium de matre sumpserunt, Cic. 2. exsĕquor, sĕcūtus, 3 (prop. with ref. to the offence: v. infr. II.): has my father been killed? I will a. him, pater caesus est? exsequar, Sen. 3. părento, 1 (prop. to offer sacrifices to the dead; hence only of avenging death; the person whose death is avenged, in dat.): to a. Roman citizens, civibus Romanis p., Caes.: the king must be a.d by the blood of the conspirators, parentandum regi sanguine conjuratorum, Liv.: Ov. 4. vindĭco, 1 (rare): to a. any one thoroughly, aliquem valde v., Cic.: Tac.: with refl. pron. and prep. ab: I ought to a. myself on him, me ab illo vindicare debeo, Sen.: v. also TO TAKE REVENGE ON. II. For the offence committed: 1. ulciscor, 3: Caesar a.d his private wrongs, Caesar privatas injurias ultus est, Caes.: to a. the uncle's death, patrui mortem u., Cic.: also as pass.: let whatever cannot be a.d without shedding the blood of citizens be allowed to have been legally done, quidquid sine sanguine civium ulcisci nequitur, jure factum sit, Sall. Hor. 2. exsĕquor, 3: to a. the violated rights of gods and men, deorum hominumque violata jura e., Liv. 3. persĕquor, 3: to a. any one's death, mortem alicujus p., Cic.: Caes. 4. vindĭco, 1: to a. an evil deed, maleficium v., Cic.: to a. the death of Crassus, necem Crassi v., Ov. 5. pūnĭo, 4: anger is an eager desire to a. pain, iracundia est cupiditas puniendi doloris, Cic.: v. to punish.--Note. Ulciscor conveys precisely the same notion as the English revenge, vengeance: exsequor and persequor signify to follow a thing up, not to let it rest: vindico denotes rather the assertion of right (v. to claim) than the gratification of a feeling of revenge: punio is usu. = to punish; q. v.