inventor
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
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. εὑρέτης, ὁ. Deviser: P. and V. δημιουργός, ὁ, τέκτων, ὁ. V. ῥαφεύς, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
inventor: ōris, m. invenio,
I one that finds out, a contriver, author, discoverer, inventor (class.): o mearum voluptatum omnium Inventor, inceptor, perfector, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 5: Aristaeus, qui olivae dicitur inventor, Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 45: veritatis, id. Fin. 1, 10, 32: disputationum, id. de Or. 1, 11, 47: omnium artium, Caes. B. G. 6, 16: scelerum, Verg. A. 2, 164 al.: inventor legis Volero, proposer, Liv. 2, 56: Stoicorum, founder, Cic. Ac. 2, 42, 131.— Absol.: artes inventoribus afferunt laudem, Quint. 3, 7, 18; 8, 6, 23 Zumpt N. cr.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
inventŏr,¹² ōris, m. (invenio), celui qui trouve, qui découvre, inventeur, auteur : Cic. Fin. 1, 32 ; Nat. 3, 45 ; Cæs. G. 6, 16 || legis Liv. 2, 56, 6, auteur d’une loi ; Stoicorum Cic. Ac. 2, 131, fondateur du Stoïcisme.
Latin > German (Georges)
inventor, ōris, m. (invenio), der Erfinder, Urheber, Archimedes inventor ac machinator bellicorum tormentorum operumque, Liv.: Liber inv. vini, Sen.: inv. voluptatum, Ter.: novorum verborum, Cic.: legis, Liv.: legum, Firm.: Zeno, qui inventor et princeps Stoicorum fuit, Cic.
