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ποινή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ποινή ποινῆς

Structure: ποιν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. blood money, wergeld
  2. fine, ransom, penalty, penance, satisfaction
  3. compensation
  4. redemption, release

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ποινή ποινᾱ́ ποιναί
Genitive ποινῆς ποιναῖν ποινῶν
Dative ποινῇ ποιναῖν ποιναῖς
Accusative ποινήν ποινᾱ́ ποινᾱ́ς
Vocative ποινή ποινᾱ́ ποιναί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐτύγχανε δὲ ὁ μὲν ἐπὶ θρόνου τινὸσ ὑψηλοῦ καθήμενοσ, παρειστήκεσαν δὲ αὐτῷ Ποιναὶ καὶ Ἐρινύεσ καὶ Ἀλάστορεσ. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 11:1)
  • ἰὼ Ζεῦ, τὸ σὸν γένοσ ἄγονον αὐτίκα λυσσάδεσ ὠμοβρῶτεσ ἄδικοι Ποιναὶ κακοῖσιν ἐκπετάσουσιν. (Euripides, Heracles, choral, lyric1)
  • τούτῳ δ’ οὐ χαλεπώτεραι αἱ Ἐρινύεσ καὶ Ποιναί; (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 17:2)

Synonyms

  1. compensation

  2. redemption

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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