ποινή

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[edit] Ancient Greek

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷoyneh₂. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic цѣна (cěna), Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬁 (kaēnā) and Old Armenian քէն (kʿēn).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (Classical): IPA: [po͜ɪnɛː́]
  • (Koine): IPA: [pyːnˈeː]
  • (Byzantine): IPA: [pynˈi]

[edit] Noun

ποινή (genitive ποινῆς) f, first declension; (poinē)

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

[edit] Inflection

    First declension of ποινή, ποινῆς
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ποινή ποινά ποιναί
Genitive ποινῆς ποιναῖν ποινῶν
Dative ποινῇ ποιναῖν ποιναῖς
Accusative ποινήν ποινά ποινάς
Vocative ποινή ποινά ποιναί

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[edit] Greek

[edit] Noun

ποινή

  1. punishment (penalty for wrongdoing)


This Greek entry was created from the translations listed at punishment. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see ποινή in the Greek Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2009

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