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ὑποφόν-ια

upophonia · τά

price paid by the murderer

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What it meant

ὑποφόν-ια · hypophon-ia — LSJ

price paid by the murderer, were-geld, blood-money

price paid by the murderer to the relations of the deceased, to buy off their vengeance, were-geld, Din. (Frr. 10.4, 18.11) et Thphr. ap. Harp.; καταθεὶς τὰ ὑ. Philostr.Jun. Im. 10.8, cf. Aristid. 2.436J.: metaph., blood-money, ὑ. τοῖς στρατιώταις ἐδεδώκει τῆς σφαγῆς D.C. 77.12.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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