pluralis
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)
plūrālis: e, adj. plus,
I belonging or relating to more than one, relating to many (post-Aug.).
I In gen.
1 Pluralis elocutio testium, Dig. 22, 5, 12.—
2 Plural, consisting of more than one: deitas, Arn. in Psa. 67.—
II In partic., a gram. t. t., plural: praeterea numeros, in quibus nos singularem ac pluralem habemus, Graeci et δυικον, Quint. 1, 5, 42: genitivus, of the plural, id. 1, 6, 26.—Absol.: cum singulari pluralis subjungitur, the plural, Quint. 9, 3, 8: singularia pluralibus miscet, id. 9, 3, 63; 1, 5, 16; cf. id. 8, 6, 28.—Adv.: plūrālĭ-ter, in the plural, gram. t. t.: tonitrua nos pluraliter dicimus, Sen. Q. N. 2, 56, 1; Quint. 1, 6, 25; 8, 3, 35; 8, 6, 28.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
plūrālis, e (plus), composé de plusieurs : Arn. J. Psalm. 67
