ποινή
poine
bloodmoney, were-gild, fine
Appears 11 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ποινή, ἡ, A. bloodmoney, were-gild, fine paid by the slayer to the kinsmen of the slain, c. gen. pers., ἵνα μή τι κασιγνήτοιό γε π. δηρὸν ἄτιτος ἔῃ Il. 14.483; π. δʼ οὔ τις παιδὸς ἐγίγνετο τεθνηῶτος 13.659, cf. 9.633; ἐνείκεον εἵνεκα ποινῆς ἀνδρὸς ἀποφθιμένου 18.498. 2. generally, price paid, satisfaction, requital, penalty, Κύκλωψ ἀπετείσατο π. ἰφθίμων ἑτάρων Od. 23.312; δυώδεκα λέξατο κούρους, π. Πατρόκλοιο Il. 21.28; πολέων δʼ ἀπετίνυτο ποινήν 16.398; υἷος π. Γανυμήδεος 5.266; τοῖς ἔνι π., ἔστʼ ἐπὶ καὶ τῷ π., Op. 749,755; τῶν ποινήν in return for these things, Il. 17.207; so also ποινὴν τῆς Αἰσώπου ψυχῆς ἀνελέσθαι accept satisfaction for ‘s life, 2.134; ποινὴν τείσειν Ξέρξῃ τῶν κηρύκων τῶν ἀπολομένων give Xerxes satisfaction for the death of the heralds, 7.134, cf. Eu. 543 (lyr.), El. 564 (pl.), 2.4.11; ποινῆς εἵνεκα by way of penalty, 356.3 (Hadriani): freq. in pl., Pr. 270, Eu. 464, etc.; ποινὰς τεῖσαι to pay penalties, O. 2.58; τίνειν Pr. 112, Cyr. 6.1.11; δοῦναι IT 446 (lyr.); π. λαμβάνειν exact them, Tr. 360; τᾶς ὕβριος IG 42(1).122.98 (Epid.).—Rare in Prose, δίκη being the usual word. 3. in good sense, recompense, reward for a thing, τεθρίππων, καμάτων, P. 1.59, N. 1.70; εὐχὰς ἀγαθὰς ἀγαθῶν ποινάς Supp. 626 (anap.); ποινὴν εὐσεβίης IG 14.1437. 4. redemption, release, π. τίς ἔσται πρὸς θεῶν; P. 4.63. II. personified, the goddess of vengeance, μᾶτερ, ἅ μʼ ἔτικτες . . ἀλαοῖσι καὶ δεδορκόσι ποινάν Eu. 323 (lyr.), cf. IT 200 (lyr.): pl., 1.190, 23.10.2, etc. III. Astrol., name of a κλῆρος, M. 5.15; also of the sixth τόπος, M. 1. (I.-E. qṷoi-nā, cf. Avest. kaēnā- ‘punishment’, ‘vengeance’, Lith. kaina, Slav. cèna ‘price’, cogn. with τίνω, τεῖ-σαι.)
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