The corpus record

ζημί-ωμα

zemioma · τό

penalty, fine

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Where it lives

Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant — LSJ

penalty, fine, the right of imposing penalties

penalty, fine, Luc. Prom. 13, Sammelb. 5174.13 (vi A.D.), etc.; τῆς ἀταξίας for their disorder, X. HG 3.1.9; -ώματα ἔστω ἀστυνόμοις let them have the right of imposing penalties, Pl. Lg. 764c.

2 loss, injury, damage

loss, opp. λῆμμα, BGU 419.13 (iii A.D.); injury, damage, ζ. προστρίβεσθαί τινι D.C. 52.33.

In the wild

ζημιώματά · zēmiōmata Plato, Laws 764
ζημίωμά · zēmiōma Xenophon, Hellenica 3.1.9 (DIORISIS sentence 814)

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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