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τὸν αὐτὸν ἔρανον ἀποδοῦναι → pay him back in his own coin, repay him in his own coin, pay someone back in their own coin, pay back in someone's own coin, give tit for tat, pay back in kind
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Latest revision as of 18:51, 9 December 2020
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. πραΰνειν, P. παραμυθεῖσθαι, V. παρηγορεῖν, θέλγειν (also Plato but rare P.), μαλθάσσειν, Ar. and P. μαλάσσειν; see soothe, propitiate.
appease one's hunger: use P. and V. ἐσθίειν.
appease one's thirst: use P. and V. πίνειν; see quench.
hard to appease, adj.: Ar. δυσκάθαρτος; see inexorable.
