ἄποινα
apoina
ransom
Appears 27 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἄποινα, τά, Α. (by haplology for ἀπό-ποινα (ποινή,) cf. ἀπετίνυτο ποινήν Il. 16.398; τὰ χρήματα ἄποινα ὠνόμαζον οἱ παλαιοί 23.33): I. (only in Il.), ransom or price paid, whether to recover oneʼs freedom when taken prisoner, φέρων ἀπερείσιʼ ἄ. Il. 1.13; οὐκ ἀπεδέξατʼ ἄ. ib.95,al., cf. 6.79; or to save oneʼs life, Il. 6.46, 10.380, al., 727; or for the corpse of a slain friend, ὃς ἄ. φέροι καὶ νεκρὸν ἄγοιτο Il. 24.139: freq. with gen. of the person ransomed, ἄ. κούρης, υἷος, ransom for them, 1.111, 2.230 ; νεκροῖο δὲ δέξαι ἄ. 24.137. II. generally, atonement, compensation, penalty, ἂψ ἐθέλω ἀρέσαι δόμεναί τʼ ἀπερείσιʼ ἄ. 9.120, cf. 9.120; ὕβρεως, μιασμάτων ἄ., for violence, etc., Pers. 808, Ag. 1420, cf. 1670, Ba. 516, Alc. 7; in IT 1459 τῆς σῆς σφαγῆς ἄ. prob. redemption, rescue from death.—Rare in Prose, ἀποίνοις ἐξιλασθῆναι Lg. 862c, cf. l.c., 8. 5. 2. in good sense, recompense, reward, freq. c. gen., ἄποινʼ ἀρετᾶς P. 2.14, cf. O. 7.16, al.: in sg., τοῦτο γὰρ ἀντʼ ἀγαθοῖο νόου εἴληχεν ἄποινον IG 14.1389i10.
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