ἀνταπόδοσις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A giving back in turn, opp. ἀποδοχή, Th.4.81; rendering, requiting, repayment, Arist.EN1133a3, 1163a11, al.; χάριτος Men.Mon.330, D.S.20.100; τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν Phld.Piet.14; retribution, LXXIs.61.2, 63.4, al.; reprisals, γίγνεται ἀ. ἔκ τινος Plb.5.30.6; reward, LXXPs.18 (19).11, Ep.Col.3.24.    II turning back, opposite direction or course, of a current, ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι Plb.4.43.5, etc., cf. Plu.2.136b.    2 responsive sound, Arist.Aud.803a31.    III alternation, e.g. of action and reaction, περιόδων πρὸς ἀλλήλας Hp.Aph.1.12; reaction, prob. in Epicur.Ep.2p.48U., cf. Thphr.Vent.10.    2 Rhet., parallelism or opposition of clauses in a periodic sentence, Demetr.Eloc.23, cf. 250; in a simile, correspondence with the object of comparison, Quint. Inst.8.3.77.    b Gramm., correlativity of words such as τοιοῦτος, οἷος, A.D.Synt.54.1.    c answering clause, Hermog.Id.1.11, 2.1; v l. in A.D.Synt.20.6.    3 capping verses, as a subject of competition, Michel913 (Teos).