σίνος

English (LSJ)

εος, τό,

   A hurt, lesion, in pl., Hp.Fract.10, Acut.54, al.: generally, mischief, injury, Hdt.8.65; blemish, PGnom.205 (ii A.D.).    II of things, mischief, bane, plague, used by A. alone of Trag., πρέπει σ. the mischief is revealed, Ag.389 (lyr.); σ. ἐσθημάτων ruin to them, ib.561; σ. πολυκτόνον, of Helen, ib.734 (lyr.); pest, of the ἀστήρ (star-fish), Arist.HA548a9; σ. πρὸς εὐκαρπίαν Thphr.CP 2.7.5.—Ion. word, very rare in Att. Prose, Isoc.Ep.4.11. [σῐ, A. Il.cc., Nic.Th.1,653; but σῑνεα Id.Al.231.]