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

  • ἴστω νῦν Ζεὺσ πρῶτα θεῶν ὕπατοσ καὶ ἄριστοσ Γῆ τε καὶ Ηἔλιοσ καὶ Ἐρινύεσ, αἵ θ’ ὑπὸ γαῖαν ἀνθρώπουσ τίνυνται, ὅτισ κ’ ἐπίορκον ὀμόσσῃ, μὴ μὲν ἐγὼ κούρῃ Βρισηί̈δι χεῖρ’ ἐπένεικα, οὔτ’ εὐνῆσ πρόφασιν κεχρημένοσ οὔτέ τευ ἄλλου. (Homer, Iliad, Book 19 19:12)

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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