A). τίνεσκον A.R. 2.475 : fut. τείσω (ἐκ-) IG 22.412.6 (iv B.C.),(ἀπο-) Epigr.Gr. 1132 ( Att. vase, iv B.C.), PPetr. 3p.55 (iii B.C.), IG 7.3073.1 (Lebad., ii B.C.), etc.; Cypr. 3 sg. πείσει Inscr.Cypr. 135.12 H.: aor. ἔτεισα (ἀπ-) SIG 47.15 ( Locr., v B.C.), 663.25 (Delos, iii/ii B.C.), PPetr. 3p.41 (iii B.C.), etc.: freq. written τίσω ἔτισα in Hellenistic and later Inscrr. and Pap., and in codd. of all authors (fut., Od. 8.348 , A. Ch. 277 , S. Aj. 113 , etc.; aor., Od. 24.352 , Pi. O. 2.58 , S. OT 810 , etc.): in Hom. confused (both in codd. and printed texts) with τίσω ἔτισα fut. and aor. of τίω, and only to be distd. by the sense: pf. τέτεικα (ἀπο-) SIG 437.6 (Delph., iii B.C.); part. τετεικώς Lyc. 765 (τετικώς, τεθεικώς codd.) (v. ἐκτίνω):— Med., pres. first in Thgn. 204 (only τίνυμαι in Hom.): fut. τείσομαι Od. 13.15 , al.: aor. ἐτεισάμην 3.197 , 15.236 , al.(τις- codd.):— Pass., aor. ἐξ-ετείσθην IG 22.1613.198 , D. 39.15 , 59.7 : pf. 3 sg. ἐκ-τέτεισται Pl. Phdr. 257a , D. 24.187 .[τῑνω (from Τίνvω) in Ep., also Thgn. 204 , Herod. 2.51 , AP 7.657 ( Leon.); τῐνω in Trag., as A. Pr. 112 , S. OC 635 , E. Or. 7 ; also in Pi. P. 2.24 ( Med.) and Sol. 13.31 ; also in some Epigrammatists, as Simm. 25.1 , AP 9.286 (Marc. Arg.).]

I). Act., pay a price by way of return or recompense, mostly in bad sense, pay a penalty, with acc. of the penalty, τ. θωήν Od. 2.193 ; τιμήν τινι Il. 3.289 ; ποινάς Pi. O. 2.58 , A. Pr. 112 , Theodect. 8.9 ; δίκην S. Aj. 113 , El. 298 , Fr. 107.9 , 2 Ep.Thess. 1.9 , etc.; also τ. ἴσην (sc. δίκην) S. OT 810 ; διπλῆν Pl. Lg. 946e ; τὸ ἥμισυ ib. 767e (s. v.l.); μείζονα τὴν ἔκτ<ε>ισίν τινι ib. 933e ; τὴν προσήκουσαν τιμωρίαν ib. 905a , cf. Trag.Adesp. 490 :—but also

b). in good sense, pay a debt, acquit oneself of an obligation, ζωάγρια τ. Il. 18.407 ; τείσειν αἴσιμα πάντα Od. 8.348 ; εὐαγγέλιον (reward for bringing good news) 14.166 ; τ. χάριν τινί render one thanks, A. Pr. 985 ; τ. γῇ δασμόν S. OC 635 ; ἰατροῖς μισθόν X. Mem. 1.2.54 :—also simply,

c). repay, c. acc. rei, τροφάς τινι E. Or. 109 :—in various phrases, τ. ἀντιποίνους δύας repay equivalent sorrows, A. Eu. 268 (lyr.); φόνον φόνου ῥύσιον τ. S. Ph. 959 ; αἱμάτων παλαιτέρων τ. μύσος send one pollution in repayment for another, A. Ch. 650 (lyr., Lachm., for τείνει) ; ἀρᾶς τ. χρέος Id. Ag. 457 (lyr.).--Constr.:

1). c. acc. of the thing paid or of the thing repaid (v. supr.).

2). less freq. c. dat., κράατι τείσεις with thy head, Od. 22.218 ; ψυχῇ A. Ch. 277 .

3). c. dat. of pers. to whom payment is made (v. supr.).

4). c. dat. of the penalty, τ. θανάτῳ ἅπερ ἦρξεν Id. Ag. 1529 (anap.); τύμμα τύμματι ib. 1430 (lyr.).

5). with gen. of the thing for which one pays, τ. ἀμοιβὴν βοῶν τινι pay him compensation for the cows, Od. 12.382 ; τ. τινὶ ποινήν τινος pay one retribution for .., Hdt. 3.14 , 7.134 ; τ. μητρὸς δίκας for thy mother, E. Or. 531 ; ἀντὶ πληγῆς πληγὴν τ. A. Ch. 313 (anap.): also with acc. of the thing for which one pays, the price being omitted, pay or atone for a thing, τείσειαν Δαναοὶ ἐμὰ δάκρυα σοῖσι βέλεσσι Il. 1.42 ; τ. ὕβριν Od. 24.352 ; τ. φόνον or λώβην τινός, Il. 21.134 , 11.142 ; κακά Thgn. 735 ; διπλᾶ δ’ ἔτεισαν Πριαμίδαι θἀμάρτια A. Ag. 537 : less freq. c. acc. pers., τείσεις γνωτὸν τὸν ἔπεφνες thou shalt make atonement for the brother thou hast slain, Il. 17.34 .

6). abs., make return or requital, Sol. 13.29 ; παθόντα οὐκ ἐπίστασθαι τίνειν S. OC 1203 , cf. 230 (lyr.).

II). Med., have a price paid one, make another pay for a thing, avenge oneself on him, punish him, freq. from Hom. downwards.--Constr.:

1). c. acc. pers., Il. 2.743 , Od. 3.197 , Hdt. 1.10 , 123 , S. OC 996 , etc.

2). c. gen. criminis, τείσασθαι Ἀλέξανδρον κακότητος punish him for his wickedness, Il. 3.366 , cf. Od. 3.206 , Thgn. 204 (where ἀμπλακίης, v.l. -ίας ), Hdt. 4.118 , etc.; τ. τινὰ ἐφ’ ἁμαρτωλῇ Thgn. 1248 ; ὑπέρ τινος Hdt. 1.27 , 73 .

3). c. acc. rei, take vengeance for a thing, τείσασθαι φόνον, βίην τινός, Il. 15.116 , Od. 23.31 ; λώβην Il. 19.208 , etc.

4). c. dupl. acc. pers. et rei, ἐτείσατο ἔργον ἀεικὲς ἀντίθεον Νηλῆα he made Neleus pay for the misdeed, visited it on his head, Od. 15.236 ; Ζεῦ ἄνα, δὸς τείσασθαι, ὅ με πρότερος κάκ’ ἔοργε, δῖον Ἀλέξανδρον Il. 3.351 ; τείσασθαί τινα δίκην exact retribution from a person, E. Med. 1316 (dub.l.).

5). c. dat. modi, τίνεσθαί τινα ἀγαναῖς ἀμοιβαῖς, φυγῇ, repay or requite with .. , Pi. P. 2.24 , A. Th. 638 .

6). abs., repay oneself, indemnify oneself, ἡμεῖς δ’ αὖτε ἀγειρόμενοι κατὰ δῆμον τεισόμεθ' Od. 13.15 . (Root q[uglide][icaron]- [alternating with q[uglide]ei- and q[uglide]oi-] 'pay': τῐ-νv-ω, τῐ-σις, τεί-σω [ Cypr. πείσει], ἔ-τει-σα [cf. ἀππεισάτου s.v. ἀποτίνω], ποι-νή (q.v.): Skt. cáy-ate 'avenge, punish': ápa-ci-tis 'vengeance':—not related to τίω.)