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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

  • τοιάδ’ ἐξ ἐμοῦ ὁ τῶν θεῶν τύραννοσ ὠφελημένοσ κακαῖσι ποιναῖσ ταῖσδὲ μ’ ἐξημείψατο. (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode10)
  • οὐ μήν τι ποιναῖσ γ’ ᾠόμην τοίαισί με κατισχνανεῖσθαι πρὸσ πέτραισ πεδαρσίοισ, τυχόντ’ ἐρήμου τοῦδ’ ἀγείτονοσ πάγου. (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode 4:5)
  • μία δ’ αὐτῶν ἔρημόσ ἐστι, τὰσ δ’ ἄλλασ οἰκοῦσιν ἄνθρωποι μελάγχλαινοι, ποδήρεισ ἐνδεδυκότεσ τοὺσ χιτῶνασ, ἐζωσμένοι περὶ τὰ στέρνα, μετὰ ῥάβδων περιπατοῦντεσ, ὅμοιοι ταῖσ τραγικαῖσ Ποιναῖσ· (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 5 22:2)
  • ἀρὰσ δὲ κατὰ τοῦ πεφονευκότοσ αὐτὸν δεινὰσ ἐτίθετο καὶ τὸν οἶκον ὅλον αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺσ συμπράξαντασ ὑπευθύνουσ ἐποιεῖτο ταῖσ ὑπὲρ τοῦ τετελευτηκότοσ ποιναῖσ· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 7 46:2)

Synonyms

  1. compensation

  2. redemption

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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