4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of ἄποινα:
ἄποινα (ransom): neut nom/voc/acc pl
ἄποινος: neut nom/voc/acc pl
LSJ entries
ἄποινα
ἄποινα
,
τά
,
Α.
(by
haplology
for
ἀπό-ποινα
(
ποινή,
)
cf.
ἀπετίνυτο
ποινήν
Il. 16.398
;
τὰ
χρήματα
ἄποινα
ὠνόμαζον
οἱ
παλαιοί
D. 23.33
):
I.
Hom.
(only
in
Il.
),
ransom
or
price
paid,
whether
to
recover
oneʼs
freedom
when
taken
prisoner,
φέρων
ἀπερείσιʼ
ἄ.
Il. 1.13
;
οὐκ
ἀπεδέξατʼ
ἄ.
ib.
95
,al.,
cf.
Hdt. 6.79
;
or
to
save
oneʼs
life,
Il. 6.46
,
10.380
,
al.,
Thgn. 727
;
or
for
the
corpse
of
a
slain
friend,
ὃς
ἄ.
φέροι
καὶ
νεκρὸν
ἄγοιτο
Il. 24.139
:
freq.
with
gen.
of
the
person
ransomed,
ἄ.
κούρης,
υἷος,
ransom
for
them,
1.111
,
2.230
;
νεκροῖο
δὲ
δέξαι
ἄ.
24.137
.
II.
generally,
atonement,
compensation,
penalty,
ἂψ
ἐθέλω
ἀρέσαι
δόμεναί
τʼ
ἀπερείσιʼ
ἄ.
9.120
,
cf.
Hdt. 9.120
;
ὕβρεως,
μιασμάτων
ἄ.,
for
violence,
etc.,
A. Pers. 808
,
Ag. 1420
,
cf.
1670
,
E. Ba. 516
,
Alc. 7
;
in
IT 1459
τῆς
σῆς
σφαγῆς
ἄ.
prob.
redemption,
rescue
from
death.—Rare
in
Prose,
ἀποίνοις
ἐξιλασθῆναι
Pl. Lg. 862c
,
cf.
Hdt.
l.c.,
Parth. 8
.
5
.
2.
in
good
sense,
recompense,
reward,
freq.
c.
gen.,
ἄποινʼ
ἀρετᾶς
Pi. P. 2.14
,
cf.
O. 7.16
,
al.:
in
sg.,
τοῦτο
γὰρ
ἀντʼ
ἀγαθοῖο
νόου
εἴληχεν
ἄποινον
IG
14.1389i10
.
ἄποινος
ἄποινος
,
ον
,
A.
=
ἄοινος,
Eust. 727.19
.