Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τίνυμαι

-νυμι athematic Verb; 이상동사 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: τίνυμαι

Structure: τίνυ (Stem) + μαι (Ending)

Etym.: poet. for ti/nomai (v. ti/nw II)

Sense

  1. to punish, chastise, chastising, to avenge oneself
  2. to avenge, take vengeance for
  3. to exact as penalty

Examples

  • οἱ δὲ Καρχηδόνιοι διαναυμαχήσαντεσ αὐτῷ κατέδυσαν ναῦσ ἑβδομήκοντα, καὶ τὰσ λοιπὰσ ἄπλουσ ἐποίησαν, πλὴν δώδεκα μόνων, αἷσ ὁ Πύρροσ διαφυγὼν ἐτίνυτο Λοκροὺσ τοὺσ ἐπιζεφυρίουσ, ὅτι φρουρὰν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸν φρούραρχον αὐτῆσ, ὑβρίσαντασ ἐσ αὐτούσ, ἀνῃρήκεσαν. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 24:4)

Synonyms

  1. to punish

  2. to avenge

  3. to exact as penalty

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

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