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ποίνιμος

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Έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. Τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά –> Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless.

Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, 1280-4
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Transliteration A: poínimos Transliteration B: poinimos Transliteration C: poinimos Beta Code: poi/nimos

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A avenging, punishing, Δίκη, Ἐρινύς, S.Tr.808, Aj.843; π. πάθεα Id.El.210 (lyr.).    2 in good sense, bringing return or recompense, χάρις cj. in Pi.P.2.17.