Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ποίνιμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ποίνιμος ποίνιμον

Structure: ποινιμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: poinh/

Sense

  1. avenging, punishing
  2. bringing return or recompense

Examples

  • τοιαῦτα, μῆτερ, πατρὶ βουλεύσασ’ ἐμῷ καὶ δρῶσ’ ἐλήφθησ, ὧν σε ποίνιμοσ Δίκη τίσαιτ’ Ἐρινύσ τ’. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 5:11)
  • ἄγει δὲ χάρισ φίλων ποίνιμοσ ἀντὶ ἔργων ὀπιζομένα· (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 2 6:1)
  • μήτηρ μὲν σὺν παιδὶ κατέφθιτο αὐτὰρ ἐπ’ αὐτοῖσ ποίνιμοσ ἔκτεινεν φῶτα λιθοκτονίη. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 157 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. avenging

  2. bringing return or recompense

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

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