Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ποινῆτις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ποινῆτις ποινῆτιδος

Structure: ποινητιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: poina/w

Sense

  1. avenging

Declension

Third 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

  • βάντ’ ἐσ ἐρημαίην ἄστιβον ἠιόνα, ἀλλ’ ἐπιβωσάμενον γεράνων νέφοσ, αἵ τοι ἵκοντο μάρτυρεσ ἄλγιστον ὀλλυμένῳ θάνατον οὐδὲ μάτην ἰάχησασ, ἐπεὶ ποινῆτισ Ἐρινὺσ τῶνδε διὰ κλαγγὴν τίσατο σεῖο φόνον Σισυφίην κατὰ γαῖαν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 7452)

Synonyms

  1. avenging

Similar forms

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

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