Dictionary entry

G02209

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

ζημία

I. "loss, damage", Lat. damnum, opp. to κέρδος, Plat., etc.; ζημίαν λαβεῖν to sustain "loss", Dem.

II. "a penalty" in money, "a fine, mulct", ζημίην ἀποτίνειν Hdt.; ὀφείλειν id=Hdt.; καταβάλλειν Dem.; ζημία ἐπίκειται στατήρ "a fine" of a stater is imposed, Thuc.

2. generally "a penalty", ζ. ἐπιτιθέναι τινί Hdt.; ζ. πρόσκειταί τινι Xen.; θάνατον ζημίαν ἐπιτίθεσθαι, προτιθέναι, τάττειν to make death "the penalty", Thuc., etc.

III. φανερὰ ζαμία a mere "good-for-nothing", a dead "loss", Ar.

Etym. deriv. uncertain