congemino
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
Latin > English
congemino congeminare, congeminavi, congeminatus V TRANS :: double; increase; combine to double size; redouble; employ in repeated action
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
con-gĕmĭno: āvi, ātum, 1,
I v. a., to double, redouble, repeat, reduplicate (poet.): nunc si pateram patera peperit, omnes congeminavimus, i. e. have produced our like, doubled ourselves, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 154: L (litteram), Lucil. S. 9, 9: crebros ictus ensibus, Verg. A. 12, 714; in the same sense, securim, id. ib. 11, 698: suspiria rauco fremitu, Sil. 16, 267: paeana, Val. Fl. 6, 512: vocem, id. 2, 201; App. Dogm. Plat. p. 6, 20.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
congĕmĭnō,¹⁴ āvī, ātum, āre,
1 tr., redoubler : congeminare crebros ictus Virg. En. 12, 714, porter des coups redoublés ; victores pæana congeminant Val. Flacc. 6, 512, les vainqueurs redisent le péan
2 intr., se doubler : Pl. Amph. 786.
Latin > German (Georges)
con-gemino, āvī, ātum, āre, I) tr. verdoppeln, crebros ensibus ictus, Verg.: securim (die Beilhiebe) viro, Verg.: numeri et modi congeminati, Apul. – II) intr. sich verdoppeln, Plaut. Amph. 786.
