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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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|lshtext=<b>buxus</b>: i, f., = [[πύξος]] | |lshtext=<b>buxus</b>: i, f., = [[πύξος]] (cf. Prisc. p. 549, and the [[letter]] B).<br /><b>I</b> Lit., the [[pale]], evergreen [[box]]-[[tree]], Enn. ap. Phylarg. l. l.: [[buxus]] densa foliis, Ov. A. A. 3, 691: crispata, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 110: horrida, id. ib. 2, 268: [[perpetuo]] [[virens]], Ov. M. 10, 97; Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 230; for its [[natural]] [[history]], v. Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70 sq.—<br /><b>II</b> For things made of boxwood (cf. Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 172), a [[pipe]] or [[flute]]: tympana vos buxasque vocant Berecyntia. Verg. A. 9, 619 Forbig. ad loc.; Ov. M. 4, 30; Stat. Th. 2, 77; 9, 480; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 286; id. Rapt. Pros. 1, 209; 3, 130. | ||
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Revision as of 09:31, 13 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
buxus: i, f., = πύξος (cf. Prisc. p. 549, and the letter B).
I Lit., the pale, evergreen box-tree, Enn. ap. Phylarg. l. l.: buxus densa foliis, Ov. A. A. 3, 691: crispata, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 110: horrida, id. ib. 2, 268: perpetuo virens, Ov. M. 10, 97; Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 230; for its natural history, v. Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70 sq.—
II For things made of boxwood (cf. Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 172), a pipe or flute: tympana vos buxasque vocant Berecyntia. Verg. A. 9, 619 Forbig. ad loc.; Ov. M. 4, 30; Stat. Th. 2, 77; 9, 480; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 286; id. Rapt. Pros. 1, 209; 3, 130.
