Τίσειαν

may they pay a price

Translated by Catharine Roth25 Dec 2013Vetting: high3 revisions

5 words

[Meaning] may they give recompense.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τίσειαν· ἀποδοῖεν.

Betacode

*ti/seian: a)podoi=en.

Notes

Aorist active optative of ti/nw, third person plural. Likewise in the Synagoge and Photius' Lexicon, referring to Homer, Iliad 1.42 (Chryses prays for vengeance from the Greeks).
cf. tau 663, tau 666, tau 668.

Linked from3 entries

τ663Τίσαιto pay a price[*ti/sai] and [sc. also attested is the middle voice] ti/sasqai ["to make someone else pay, to punish someone"]: [meaning] to give back. "But Darius, the Persians' king, as he obtained the authority, desired to punish…
τ666Τίσιςvengeance[Meaning] retribution, restitution.
τ668ΤίσωI will pay a price[Meaning] I will give recompense.

Neighbouring entries

τ662Τίς δ' οἶδενwho knows?τ663Τίσαιto pay a price τ664Τίσειανmay they pay a price τ665ΤισίαςTisias τ666Τίσιςvengeance

Revision history3 revisions · last 28 May 2016

28 May 2016Revised — David Whitehead
28 May 2016coding — David Whitehead
29 Dec 2013Revised — David Whitehead
25 Dec 2013Translated — Catharine Roth