ἀποτίνω

ἀποτίνω, Arc. ἀπυτείω IG 5(2).6.43 (Tegea, iv B.C.), fut. -τείσω: aor. -έτεισα; Thess. 3sg. aor. imper. ἀππεισάτον ib.9(2).1229 (ii B.C.):—A. repay, τιμὴν δʼ Ἀργείοις ἀποτινέμεν Il. 3.286; εὐεργεσίας ἀποτίνειν Od. 22.235. 2. pay for a thing, πρὶν . . μνηστῆρας ὑπερβασίην σίην ἀποτεῖσαι ib.13.193; Πατρόκλοιο δʼ ἕλωρα . . ἀποτείσῃ may atone for making a prey of Patroclus, Il. 18.93; σύν τε μεγάλῳ ἀπέτεισαν made atonement with a great price, ib.4.161; ἀ. αἷμα A. Ag. 1338 (lyr.); πληγὰς τῶν ὑπεραύχων S. Ant. 1352. 3. more freq., pay in full, τίσιν οὐκ ἀποτείσει Orac. ap. Hdt. 5.56, cf. 3.109; ζημίην Id. 2.65; ἀργύριον Ar. V. 1255; ἐγγύας Antipho 2.2.12, cf. 5.63; χρήματα Lys. 1.29; ἀξίαν Luc. DMort. 30.1; ἀπότεισον pay the wager! Ar. Pl. 1059; in Law παθεῖν ἢ ἀποτεῖσαι are opposed to denote personal or pecuniary penalties, e.g. Lex ap. D. 21.47, cf. ib.25; τί ἄξιός εἰμι παθεῖν ἢ ἀ.; Pl. Ap. 36b, cf.Plt. 299a, Lg. 843b, al. 4. c. acc. pers., ἀλάστωρ . . τόνδʼ ἀπέτεισεν made him the price, A. Ag. 1503 (lyr.). 5. τὸ πεπρωμένον ἀ. pay the debt of fate, i.e. die, Epigr.Gr. 509 (Thess.). II. Med., ἀποτίνομαι, poet. ἀποτίνῠμαι (freq. written -τίννυμαι) Il. 16.398, Hes. Op. 247 (s.v.l.), Thgn. 362, Hdt. 6.65: fut. -τείσομαι:—to get paid one, exact or require a penalty from, πόλεων δʼ ἀπετίνυτο ποινήν Il. 16.398, etc.: c. dupl. acc., ἀποτείσασθαι δίκην ἐχθρούς E. Heracl. 852; δέκα τάλαντʼ ἀ. Eup. 317 (dub.), etc. 2. c. acc. pers., ἀποτείσασθαί τινα avenge oneself on another, punish him, Od. 5.24, X. Cyr. 5.4.35, etc. 3. c. acc. rei, take vengeance for a thing, punish it, εἴ κέ ποτέ σφι βίας ἀποτείσεται Od. 3.216, cf. 16.255; τὰ παράνομα . . θεὸς ἀ. Ar. Th. 684: c. gen. rei, ἀ. τῶν . . ἱρῶν κατακαυθέντων Hdt. 6.101, v. supr. I.2: abs., take vengeance, Thgn. l.c., Sol. 4.16. [ἀποτίνω] has ῑ by position before νϝ in Ep., ῐ in Att. For ἀποτίνυμαι, which has ῑ by nature, ἀποτείνυμαι should perh. be read in early texts; cf. foreg.]