offigo
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 (Lewis & Short)
offīgo: (obf-), xi, xum, 3, v. a. ob-figo,
I to drive in, fix in, fasten (ante- and postclass.): furcas circum offigito, Cato, R. R. 48, 2; Lex Puteol. ap. Grut. 207, 1: ita densos offigunt implicantque ramos, Liv. 33, 5, 10 Drak. N. cr.: in crucem currere ... ut offigantur bis pedes, bis bracchia, Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 13: manum alicujus ad ostii tabulam grandi clavo, App. M. 4, p. 147, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
offīgō¹⁶ (ob-), fīxī, fīxum, ĕre, tr., ficher, attacher à : Cato Agr. 48, 2 ; Pl. Most. 360.
Latin > German (Georges)
offīgo, fīxī, fīxum, ere (ob u. figo), einschlagen, befestigen, furcas circum, Cato: bis pedes, bis brachia (sc. ad crucem), Plaut.: ita densos (vallos) offigunt implicantque ramis, ut etc., Liv.: off. manum alcis ad tabulam ostii clavo grandi, Apul.
Latin > Chinese
offigo, is, ere. 3. :: 插。定。— ad ostii tabulam 插于門板。
