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ἀποτίνω

ἀποτίνω, to pay back, repay, return

ἀποτίνω, Arc. ἀπυτείω IG 5(2).6.43 (Tegea, iv B.C.), fut. -τείσω: aor. -έτεισα; Thess. 3 sg. aor. imper. ἀππεισάτον ib. 9(2).1229 (ii B.C.):—
  • repay, τιμὴν δʼ Ἀργείοις ἀποτινέμεν Il. 3.286; εὐεργεσίας ἀποτίνειν Od. 22.235.
      • 2 pay for a thing, πρὶν . . μνηστῆρας ὑπερβασίην ἀποτεῖσαι ib. 13.193; Πατρόκλοιο δʼ ἕλωρα . . ἀποτείσῃ may atone for making a prey of Patroclus, Il. 18.93; σύν τε μεγάλῳ ἀπέτεισαν made atonement with a great price, ib. 4.161; ἀ. αἷμα A. Ag. 1338 (lyr.); πληγὰς τῶν ὑπεραύχων S. Ant. 1352.
      • 3 more freq., pay in full, τίσιν οὐκ ἀποτείσει Orac. ap. Hdt. 5.56, cf. 3.109; ζημίην Id. 2.65; ἀργύριον Ar. V. 1255; ἐγγύας Antipho 2.2.12, cf. 5.63; χρήματα Lys. 1.29; ἀξίαν Luc. DMort. 24[30].1; ἀπότεισον pay the wager! Ar. Pl. 1059; in Law παθεῖν ἢ ἀποτεῖσαι are opposed to denote personal or pecuniary penalties, e.g. Lex ap. D. 21.47, cf. ib. 25; τί ἄξιός εἰμι παθεῖν ἢ ἀ.; Pl. Ap. 36b, cf. Plt. 299a, Lg. 843b, al.
      • 4 c. acc. pers., ἀλάστωρ . . τόνδʼ ἀπέτεισεν made him the price, A. Ag. 1503 (lyr.).
      • 5 τὸ πεπρωμένον ἀ. pay the debt of fate, i.e. die, Epigr.Gr. 509 (Thess.).
    • II Med., ἀποτίνομαι, poet. ἀποτίνῠμαι (freq. written -τίννυμαι) Il. 16.398, Hes. Op. 247 (s.v.l.), Thgn. 362, Hdt. 6.65: fut. -τείσομαι:—to get paid one, exact or require a penalty from, πόλεων δʼ ἀπετίνυτο ποινήν Il. 16.398, etc.: c. dupl. acc., ἀποτείσασθαι δίκην ἐχθρούς E. Heracl. 852; δέκα τάλαντʼ ἀ. Eup. 317 (dub.), etc.
      • 2 c. acc. pers., ἀποτείσασθαί τινα avenge oneself on another, punish him, Od. 5.24, X. Cyr. 5.4.35, etc.
      • 3 c. acc. rei, take vengeance for a thing, punish it, εἴ κέ ποτέ σφι βίας ἀποτείσεται Od. 3.216, cf. 16.255; τὰ παράνομα . . θεὸς ἀ. Ar. Th. 684: c. gen. rei, ἀ. τῶν . . ἱρῶν κατακαυθέντων Hdt. 6.101, v. supr. I.2: abs., take vengeance, Thgn. l.c., Sol. 4.16. [ἀποτίνω] has ῑ by position before νϝ in Ep., ῐ in Att. For ἀποτίνυμαι, which has ῑ by nature, ἀποτείνυμαι should perh. be read in early texts; cf. foreg.]

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