ποινή
            
          
          ποινή
 .ποινη, ἡ,
 
 quit-money for blood spilt, paid by the slayer to the kinsmen of the slain, (old Engl. were-gild); c. gen. pers., δῶχʼ υἷος ποινήν gave ransom or were-gild for the son, Il., etc.:—generally, a price paid, satisfaction, retribution, requital, penalty, Lat. poena, ἀπετίσατο ποινὴν ἑτάρων exacted penalty for his comrades, Od.; δυώδεκα κούρους, ποινὴν Πατρόκλοιο in retribution for the death of Patroclus, Il.; τῶν ποινήν in return for these things, Il.; ποινὴν τῖσαι Ξέρξῃ τῶν κηρύκων ἀπολομένων to give Xerxes satisfaction for the death of his heralds, Hdt.; in Attic the pl. is more common; ποινὰς τῖσαι, δοῦναι to pay penalties, Lat. dare poenas, Aesch., etc.; ποινὰς λαβεῖν to exact them, Lat. sumere poenas, Eur.
 in good sense, recompense, reward for a thing, τινος Pind.
 as the result of the quit-money, redemption, release, Pind.
 personified, the goddess of Vengeance, Aesch., etc.
          
         
        
          
          
            Headword (normalized):
            ποινή
           
          
            Headword (normalized/stripped):
            ποινη
           
          
            Intro Text:
            ποινή
 .ποινη, ἡ,
 
 quit-money for blood spilt, paid by the slayer to the kinsmen of the slain, (old Engl. were-gild); c. gen. pers., δῶχʼ υἷος ποινήν gave ransom or were-gild for the son, Il., etc.:—generally, a price paid, satisfaction, retribution, requital, penalty, Lat. poena, ἀπετίσατο ποινὴν ἑτάρων exacted penalty for his comrades, Od.; δυώδεκα κούρους, ποινὴν Πατρόκλοιο in retribution for the death of Patroclus, Il.; τῶν ποινήν in return for these things, Il.; ποινὴν τῖσαι Ξέρξῃ τῶν κηρύκων ἀπολομένων to give Xerxes satisfaction for the death of his heralds, Hdt.; in Attic the pl. is more common; ποινὰς τῖσαι, δοῦναι to pay penalties, Lat. dare poenas, Aesch., etc.; ποινὰς λαβεῖν to exact them, Lat. sumere poenas, Eur.
 in good sense, recompense, reward for a thing, τινος Pind.
 as the result of the quit-money, redemption, release, Pind.
 personified, the goddess of Vengeance, Aesch., etc.
           
          
          
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