τίνυμαι

• punish, chastise, c. acc. pers., [Ζεὺς] τίνυται ὅς τις ἁμάρτῃ Od. 13.214; οἳ . . ἀνθρώπους τίνυσθον, ὅτις κʼ ἐπίορκον ὀμόσσῃ Il. 3.279, cf. 19.260, Plu. Crass. 21: c. acc. rei, λώβην τινύμενος chastising insolence, Od. 24.326.
• • • 2 avenge, take vengeance for, Ὅρκον Hes. Op. 804 (v.l.); αἵματος δίκαν, φόνον, E. Or. 323 (lyr.): abs., avenge oneself, Hdt. 5.77.
    • 3 repay, of the punisher, δὶς τόσα Hes. Op. 711; of the punished, ἔνδικα AP 11.374 (Maced.).
    • 4 repay, in good sense, τ. κομιδὴν παιδοτροφίης Opp. C. 2.349.
  • II Act., pay penalty, only in late writers, δίκας τιννύοντες Plu. Brut. 33; δίκην τιννύς Olymp.Hist. p.455 D.; gen. pl. ἐκ-τιννύντων v.l. in D.S. 16.29; ἐκ-τιννύω, = pendo, Gloss.; δίκας τιννύω, = pendo poenas, ib. [The 1st syll. is prob.always long (even in E. Or. 323); the spellings ἀποτεινύτω (Crete, v B.C.), ἀποτειννυέτω (Avrom., i B.C.) (v. ἀποτίνυμι), and the form of the root (τῐ-: τει-: ποι- (v. τίνω), never τῑ-, which belongs only to τίω) show that the true spellings are τεινυ-, later τειννυ-, still later τῑννυ- with ι long by nature: the early forms ἀποτινυ[μεν (v. ἀποτίνυμι) , [τ]ινυμε[νο] GDI 5125 A 3 (Crete) remain unexplained: τίν[υ]σθαι is uncertain in IG 12(9).1273 (p. viii) (Eretria, vi B.C.): perh. τῐνυ- existed as well as τεινυ-.]

[τίνω.]

(ἀπο-)

• • 1

    To chastise, punish : ὂς τίνυται ὅς τις ἁμάρτῃ Od. 13.214. Cf. Il. 3.279, Il. 19.260.

  • 2

    To take vengeance for, punish (a transgression) : λώβην τινύμενος Od. 24.326.

• • • 1to punish, chastise, c. acc. rei, λώβην τινύμενος chastising insolence, Od.: absol. to avenge oneself, Hdt.
    • 2to avenge, take vengeance for a thing, c. acc., Hes., Eur.
    • 3to exact as penalty, δὶς τόσα Hes.