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τίνω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *kʷinumi, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (to pay). Cognate with ποινή (poinḗ), Sanskrit चयते (cáyate) and Avestan 𐬗𐬌𐬐𐬀𐬫𐬀𐬝 (cikayat̰).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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τῐ́νω (tínō) (Attic) τῑ́νω (tī́nō) (Epic)

  1. to pay a price, that is, as a penalty; be punished with (whereas τίω (tíō) means to pay honor)

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