expiation

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. καθαρμός, ὁ, λύσις, ἡ.

compensation: P. and V. τίσις, ἡ (Plato), V. ποινή, ἡ, or pl. (rare P.), ἄποινα, τά (Plato but rare P.).

I am ready to die as an expiation for my country: V. θνήσκειν ἑτοῖμος πατρίδος ἐκλυτήριον (Eur., Phoenissae 969).