- ποινη
- ποινη KGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `ransom, fine, penalty, vengeance' ( ep. poet. II.).Compounds: Compp., e.g. ποιν-ηλατέω `to pursue with vengeance' (on the fomation s. ἐλαύνω), νή-ποινος `unpunished, unavenged' (Od.); on ἄποινα s. v.Derivatives: 1. ποι[ν]ίον n. = ποινή (Delph. IVa; like πεδ-ίον, χωρ-ίον a.o.); 2. the adj. ποίν-ιμος `avenging' (S.; like νόμιμος, αἴσιμος, Arbenz 77), -αῖος `punishing, avenging' (late); 3. the verbs a. ποιν-άομαι `to avenge oneself' (E.) with -άτωρ (A., E.; Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 22f.), -ήτωρ (Nonn.), -ητήρ (Opp.) `avenger'; f. -ῆτις `avengeress' (AP); b. -ίζομαι in aor. -ίξασθαι `to exact a penalty' (Arc. VIa). Also 4. ποι-νώματα τιμωρήματα H.; after μίσθωμα, κεφάλωμα, μηχάνωμα etc. (cf. Chantraine Form. 187; change to -ήματα not necessary).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [637] kʷoinā `punishment, vengeance'Etymology: Identical with Av. kaēnā f. `punishment, vengeance'; here also the semantically deviating Lith. káina f. `price, utility' and Slav., e.g. OCS cěna f. 'τιμή', Russ. cěná f. `price, worth' (oxytone as ποινή; Schwyzer 380); all from IE *kʷoinā; on the difference in meaning cf. τιμή beside ποινή and Heubeck Gymnasium 56, 252 ff.; also Luther Weltansicht u. Geistesleben 64 f. -- Old nā-formation (Porzig Satzinhalte 345 f.) of a verb `requite, mend' in τίνω etc.; s. v. Cf. also Fraenkel s. káina and Vasmer s. cěná with further forms and rich lit. Lat. LW [loanword] poena (from where NHG Pein etc.); s. W.-Hofmann s. v., also w. lit. and with rejection of other poposals.Page in Frisk: 2,573-574
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.