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ἄποινα

First declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄποινα

Etym.: 계사 a or a euphon. , poinh/

Sense

a ransom or price paid, to recover freedom or to save one's life or to redeem the corpse of, ransom for
compensation, requital, recompense for

Examples

ζωγρεῖτ’ οὐ κακὸν ἄνδρα καὶ ἄξια δέχθε ἄποινα, χαλκόν τε χρυσόν τε, τὰ δὴ φιλέουσι σοφοί περ. (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 3:7)
καὶ τῆσ Βρισηΐδοσ τὴν ἀφαίρεσιν εἰσ τὴν Ἄτην ἀναφέρων ὁ Ἀγαμέμνων, ὅμωσ ἂψ ἐθέλει ἀρέσαι, δόμεναὶ τ’ ἀπερείσι’ ἄποινα. (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 12 5:1)
καὶ τῆσ Βρισηΐδοσ τὴν ἀφαίρεσιν εἰσ τὴν Ἄτην ἀναφέρων ὁ Ἀγαμέμνων, ὅμωσ ἂψ ἐθέλω ἀρέσαι, δόμεναί τ’ ἀπερείσι’ ἄποινα. (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 12 1:4)
ἄνδρα ἐλθεῖν πρεσβύτην Χρύσην ὀνόματι εἰσ τὸ στρατόπεδον τῶν Ἀχαιῶν, Ἀπόλλωνοσ ἱερέα, θυγατέρα αἰχμάλωτον λυσόμενον, οὖσαν παρὰ τῷ Ἀγαμέμνονι, σκῆπτρον δὲ δὴ χρυσοῦν ἔχοντα καὶ περὶ τῷ σκήπτρῳ στέμματα τοῦ θεοῦ, κομίζειν δὲ καὶ ἄποινα οὐκ ὀλίγιστα [τὰ δὲ] εἰσ τοὺσ Ἀχαιοὺσ ἱκετεύειν πάντασ μέν, διαφερόντωσ δὲ τοὺσ Ἀτρείδασ, συνευχόμενον ἐκείνοισ μὲν ἑλεῖν τὴν Τροίαν καὶ σωθῆναι οἴκαδε, αὑτῷ δὲ ὑπάρξαι λύσασθαι τὴν κόρην, πάντωσ δὲ προσήκειν αὐτοῖσ αἰδεσθῆναι τὸν θεόν. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 2:8)
οὗ σφιν κακῶν ὕψιστ’ ἐπαμμένει παθεῖν, ὕβρεωσ ἄποινα κἀθέων φρονημάτων· (Aeschylus, Persians, episode, iambics 2:5)

Synonyms

compensation
- ἀμοιβή (a requital, recompense, compensation)
- ἀντιμισθία (a requital, recompense)

ξεινήιον (a host's gift)
παγχάλκεος (all-brasen)
ἐπέοικε (to be like)
ἐρίηρος (fitting exactly)
αἰγίοχος (Aegis-bearing)
ἐλεαίρω (to take pity on)
Οὐρανίωνες (the heavenly ones)
ἐρίγδουπος (loud-thundering)
φθονέω (to bear ill-will or malice)
Πυλόνδε (to or towards Pylos)
ἔναρα (the arms and trappings of a slain foe)
καύτης ()
ἱλήκω (to be gracious)
ἀσπερχές (hastily)
ἀτιτάλλω (to rear up)
ἀγέραστος (without a gift of honour)
ὑψίζυγος (sitting high on the benches)
ταλαπείριος (subject to many trials)
νώνυμνος ()
εὔκηλος (free from care)
ὀπάζω (to make to follow)
συνθέω (to run together with)
πολύμοχθος (much-labouring)
μινυνθάδιος (shortlived)
εὔπωλος (abounding in foals or horses)
δικασπόλος (one who administers law)
παράκοιτις (a wife)
νέομαι (to go or come)
ἔξαιτος (much asked for)
πτολιπόρθιος ()

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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Sense

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compensation

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