COMPOUND: ἄποινα, -ων
CATEGORIZATION: N [P+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘ransom, price paid’
ETYMOLOGY: ἀ(πό) (by haplology) ‘from’ + noun root ποιν- (ποινή) ‘blood-money; fine; price paid’ + n. pl. noun suf. -α, -ων
OCCURRENCE: Il. I, 13, 20, 23, 95, 111, 372, 377; II, 230; VI, 427; IX, 120; X, 380; XI, 106, 131, 134; XXI, 99; XXIV, 137, 139, 276, 502, 555, 579, 594, 686.
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: gen. n. pl., acc. pl.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (P-Argument) – tatpurusa (P-governing)
NOTES: uncertain etymology as regards ἀ-