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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

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

  • οὐδὲ γὰρ ἐλεεῖν ἄξιον ἦν οὕτω δυσέρωτα τῆσ δόξησ ἄνθρωπον ὑπὲρ ἅπαντασ ὅσοι τῇ αὐτῇ Ποινῇ ἐλαύνονται. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 14:2)
  • ἐπεὶ καὶ τοῖσ ἔνι ποινή. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 90:2)
  • λευγαλέη γὰρ ἐπὶ χρόνον ἔστ’ ἐπὶ καὶ τῷ ποινή. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 91:4)
  • 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)
  • ἐν σώματι καὶ διὰ σωμάτων κολαζομένουσ μεταχειρίζεται ποινὴ ταχεῖα, πράῳ τινὶ τρόπῳ καὶ παραλείποντι πολλὰ τῶν καθαρμοῦ δεομένων· (Plutarch, De sera numinis vindicta, section 22 27:1)
  • ἢ παῖδασ ἡ ποινὴ περιῆλθεν. (Plutarch, De sera numinis vindicta, section 22 65:3)

Synonyms

  1. compensation

  2. redemption

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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