ποινή

English (LSJ)

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. δ' 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 δ' ἀπετίνυτο ποινήν 16.398; υἷος π. Γανυμήδεος 5.266; τοῖς ἔνι π., ἔστ' ἐπὶ καὶ τῷ π., Hes.Op.749,755; τῶν ποινήν in return for these things, Il. 17.207; so also ποινὴν τῆς Αἰσώπου ψυχῆς ἀνελέσθαι accept satisfaction for A.'s life, Hdt.2.134; ποινὴν τείσειν Ξέρξῃ τῶν κηρύκων τῶν ἀπολομένων give Xerxes satisfaction for the death of the heralds, Id.7.134, cf. A.Eu.543 (lyr.), S.El.564 (pl.), Antipho 2.4.11; ποινῆς εἵνεκα by way of penalty, Epigr.Gr.356.3 (Hadriani): freq. in pl., A.Pr.270, Eu. 464, etc.; ποινὰς τεῖσαι to pay penalties, Pi.O.2.58; τίνειν A.Pr.112, X. Cyr.6.1.11; δοῦναι E.IT446 (lyr.); π. λαμβάνειν exact them, Id.Tr. 360; τᾶς ὕβριος IG42(1).122.98 (Epid.).—Rare in Prose, δίκη being the usual word.    3 in good sense, recompense, reward for a thing, τεθρίππων, καμάτων, Pi.P.1.59, N.1.70; εὐχὰς ἀγαθὰς ἀγαθῶν ποινάς A. Supp.626 (anap.); ποινὴν εὐσεβίης IG14.1437.    4 redemption, release, π. τίς ἔσται πρὸς θεῶν; Pi.P.4.63.    II personified, the goddess of vengeance, μᾶτερ, ἅ μ' ἔτικτες . . ἀλαοῖσι καὶ δεδορκόσι ποινάν A. Eu.323 (lyr.), cf. E.IT200 (lyr.): pl., Aeschin.1.190, Plb.23.10.2, etc.    III Astrol., name of a κλῆρος, S.E.M.5.15; also of the sixth τόπος, Paul.Al.M.1. (I.-E. q[uglide]oi-nā, cf. Avest. kaēnā- 'punishment', 'vengeance', Lith. kaina, Slav. cèna 'price', cogn. with τίνω, τεῖ-σαι.)