Ancient Greek

Noun

ποινή • ‎(poinḗ) f ‎(genitive ποινῆς); first declension

1. blood money, wergeld
2. fine, ransom, penalty, penance, satisfaction
3. compensation
4. redemption, release

Inflection

Descendants

• Latin: poena

References

• ποινή in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ποινή in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ποινή in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ποινή» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ποινή» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • amends idem, page 27.
  • atonement idem, page 49.
  • compensation idem, page 151.
  • expiation idem, page 294.
  • penalty idem, page 602.
  • punishment idem, page 658.
  • redress idem, page 683.
  • reparation idem, page 695.
  • reprisal idem, page 698.
  • requital idem, page 700.
  • retaliation idem, page 706.
  • retribution idem, page 708.
  • revenge idem, page 709.
  • reward idem, page 711.
  • vengeance idem, page 947.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

Noun

ποινή • ‎(poiní) f ‎(plural ποινές)

1. (law) punishment, sentence, penalty

Declension