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

  • Ζεῦ πάτερ Ἴδηθεν μεδέων κύδιστε μέγιστε, Ηἔλιόσ θ’, ὃσ πάντ’ ἐφορᾷσ καὶ πάντ’ ἐπακούεισ, καὶ ποταμοὶ καὶ γαῖα, καὶ οἳ ὑπένερθε καμόντασ ἀνθρώπουσ τίνυσθον ὅτισ κ’ ἐπίορκον ὀμόσσῃ, ὑμεῖσ μάρτυροι ἔστε, φυλάσσετε δ’ ὁρ́κια πιστά· (Homer, Iliad, Book 3 34:7)

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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