ζημιόω

Adj.
A. ‐ώσω Lys. 1.48: aor. 1 ἐζημίωσα E. Or. 578, Th. 2.65, etc.: pf. ἐζημίωκα D. 21.49:—Pass., fut. ζημιωθήσομαι Lys. 29.4, Is. 10.16, X. Mem. 3.9.12; more freq. Med. ζημιώσομαι in pass. sense, Hdt. 7.39, And. 1.72, Th. 3.40, Isoc. 18.37, D. 1.27, Arist. Pol. 1320a10: aor. ἐζημιώθην Pl. Lg. 855b, Isoc. 15.160: pf. ἐζημίωμαι Din. 3.16, Arist. Rh. 1372b8:—cause loss or do damage to, penalize, πόλιν Lys. 30.25; τοσαύτας ἡμέρας ζημιοῦν τινα to cause one the loss of . . , Ael. VH 3.23: c. Adj. neut., μηδὲν μηδένα Pl. Lg. 846a; οὐδὲν ζ. τὸ κοινόν Isoc. 6.5; πλείω ζ. σαυτὸν ἤ . . X. Cyr. 3.1.30:—Pass., μεγάλα ζημιώσεται will suffer great losses, Th. 3.40; πολλά Pl. Lg. 916e: abs., Id. Grg. 490c.
II. fine, mulct in a sum of money, c. dat. rei, ζ. τινὰ χιλίῃσι δραχμῇσι Hdt. 6.21, cf. 136; χρήμασιν Th. 2.65; μναῖς τρισί Pl. Lg. 936a; also ζ. τινὰ ἕως τριάκοντα μνᾶς Lycurg. Fr. 40 (dub. l.); τινά τινος deprive of . . , Lyd. Mag. 2.19:—Pass., to be fined or amerced in a thing, c. dat. rei, χρήμασι Antipho 2.4.7; δραχμῇ τῆς ἡμέρας Pl. Lg. 766d; μέχρι τοσούτου ib.855b: also, c.acc.rei, ταῦτα ib.774b; ζ. τριάκοντα λίτρας Arist. Fr. 476; suffer financial loss, PFlor. 142.8 (iii A.D.): hence metaph., τοῦ ἑνὸς τοῦ περιέχεαι μάλιστα τῇ ψυχῇ ζημιώς εαι wilt lose, Hdt. 7.39; τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ Ev.Matt. 16.26; ἑαυτόν Ev.Luc. 9.25; τὰ κέρατα Ael. NA 10.1.
2. generally, punish, τὴν θάλασσαν Hdt. 7.35; σφέας Id. 9.77; τινὰ θανάτῳ Id. 3.27; τινὰ φυγῇ, πληγαῖς, Th. 4.65, 8.74:—Pass., ζημιοῦσθαι ζημίαις ἐσχάταις Lys. 31.26; θανάτῳ Antipho 3.3.9, PTeb. 5.92 (ii B.C.); θανάτῳ καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ἐσχάτοις Pl. Plt. 297e; χρήμασιν καὶ ἀτιμία Id. Lg. 721b.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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