ποινή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From Proto-Hellenic *kʷoinā́, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂ (payment; punishment, vengeance).[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    ποινή • (poinḗf (genitive ποινῆς); first declension

    1. blood money, wergeld
    2. fine, ransom, penalty, penance, satisfaction
      Synonyms: ζημῐ́ᾱ (zēmĭ́ā), θωή (thōḗ)
    3. compensation
    4. redemption, release

    Inflection

    Descendants

    • Greek: ποινή (poiní)
    • Latin: poena (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ποινή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1217-8

    Further reading

    Greek

    Etymology

    From Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ).

    Noun

    ποινή • (poiníf (plural ποινές)

    1. (law) punishment, sentence, penalty

    Declension

    Declension of ποινή
    singular plural
    nominative ποινή (poiní) ποινές (poinés)
    genitive ποινής (poinís) ποινών (poinón)
    accusative ποινή (poiní) ποινές (poinés)
    vocative ποινή (poiní) ποινές (poinés)
    • αξιόποινος (axiópoinos, punishable, criminal)
    • ποινικολόγος (poinikológos, criminal lawyer)
    • ποινικοποίηση (poinikopoíisi, penalisation)
    • ποινικοποιώ (poinikopoió, to penalise)
    • ποινικός (poinikós, criminal, penal)
    • ποινολόγιο (poinológio, crime sheet)