inf. τίνυσθαι Hes. Op. 711; — poet. for τίνομαι (v. τίνω II), punish, chastise, c. acc. pers., [Ζεὺς] τίνυται ὅς τις ἁμάρτῃ Od. 13.214; οἳ… ἀνθρώπους τίνυσθον, ὅτις κ’ ἐπίορκον ὀμόσσῃ Il. 3.279, cf. 19.260, Plu. Crass. 21; c. acc. rei, λώβην τινύμενος chastising insolence, Od. 24.326.
avenge, take vengeance for, Ὅρκον Hes. Op. 804 (v.l.); αἵματος δίκαν, φόνον, E. Or. 323 (lyr.); abs., avenge oneself, Hdt. 5.77.
repay, of the punisher, δὶς τόσα Hes. Op. 711; of the punished, ἔνδικα AP 11.374 (Maced.).
repay, in good sense, τ. κομιδὴν παιδοτροφίης Opp C. 2.349. Act., pay penalty, only in late writers, δίκας τιννύοντες Plu. Brut. 33; δίκην τιννύς Olymp. Hist. p. 455 D. ; gen. pl. ἐκτιννύντων v.l. in D.S. 16.29; ἐκτιννύω, = pendo, Gloss. ; δίκας τιννύω, = pendo poenas, ib. [The 1st syll. is prob. always long (even in E. Or. 323); the spellings ἀποτεινύτω (Crete, v BC), ἀποτειννυέτω (Avrom., i BC) (v. ἀποτίνυμι), and the form of the root (τι-; τει-; ποι- (v. τίνω), never τι-, which belongs only to τίω) show that the true spellings are τεινυ-, later τειννυ-, still later τιννυ- with ι long by nature; the early forms ἀποτινυ[μεν (v. ἀποτίνυμι), [τ]ινυμε[νο] GDI 5125 A 3 (Crete) remain unexplained; τίν[υ]σθαι is uncertain in IG 12(9).1273 (p. viii) (Eretria, vi BC); perh. τινυ- existed as well as τεινυ-.]