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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.

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quit-money for blood spilt

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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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26573
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n26605
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