ἄποινα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τά, (by haplology for <b class="b3">ἀπόποινα</b> ([[ποινή]]), cf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἀπετίνυτο ποινήν Il.16.398; τὰ χρήματα ἄποινα ὠνόμαζον οἱ παλαιοί D.23.33):<br><span class="bld">I</span> Hom. (only in Il.), [[ransom]] or [[price]] paid, whether to [[recover]] one's [[freedom]] when taken [[prisoner]], φέρων ἀπερείσι' ἄ. Il.1.13; <b class="b3">οὐκ ἀπεδέξατ' ἄ.</b> ib.95,al., cf. Hdt.6.79; or [[to save one's life]], Il.6.46, 10.380, al., Thgn.727; or [[for the corpse of a slain friend]], ὃς ἄποινα φέροι καὶ νεκρὸν ἄγοιτο Il.24.139: freq. with [[genitive]] of the person ransomed, <b class="b3">ἄποινα κούρης, ἄποινα υἷος</b>, [[ransom]] for them, 1.111, 2.230; νεκροῖο δὲ δέξαι ἄ. 24.137.<br><span class="bld">II</span> generally, [[atonement]], [[compensation]], [[penalty]], ἂψ ἐθέλω ἀρέσαι δόμεναί τ' ἀπερείσι' ἄ. 9.120, cf. Hdt.9.120; <b class="b3">ὕβρεως ἄποινα, μιασμάτων ἄποινα</b>, [[for]] [[violence]], etc., A.''Pers.''808, ''Ag.''1420, cf. 1670, E.''Ba.''516, ''Alc.''7; in ''IT'' 1459 <b class="b3">τῆς σῆς σφαγῆς ἄ.</b> prob. [[redemption]], [[rescue]] from [[death]].—Rare in Prose, ἀποίνοις ἐξιλασθῆναι Pl.''Lg.''862c, cf. Hdt. [[l.c.]], Parth.8. 5.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in good sense, [[recompense]], [[reward]], freq. c. gen., ἄποιν' ἀρετᾶς Pi.''P.''2.14, cf. ''O.''7.16, al.: in sg., τοῦτο γὰρ ἀντ' ἀγαθοῖο νόου εἴληχεν ἄποινον ''IG''14.1389i10.