praestabilis
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)
praestābĭlis: e, adj. 2. praesto,
I preeminent, distinguished, excellent (class.; usually only of things concr. and abstr.): res magnitudine praestabiles, Cic. de Or. 2, 85, 347: praestabilis insignisque virtus, id. Har. Resp. 19, 41: ingenium atque lingua, Gell. 10, 18, 6: linguā ac facundiā praestabilis, id. 18, 3, 3: (Deus) praestabilis super malitiā, exalted, Vulg. Joel, 2, 13.—With inf.: Calchas praestabilis hariolari, i. e. hariolando, App. de Deo Socrat. p. 52, 4.— Comp.: dignitas praestabilior, Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38: fuerat praestabilius, preferable, better, Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 4: nihil amicitiā praestabilius, Cic. Lael. 27, 104: utrum huic rei publicae melius fuisse et praestabilius me civem nosci an te? more advantageous, Cic. Vatin. 4, 10: neque majus aliud, neque praestabilius invenies, Sall. J. 1, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
præstābĭlis,¹² e (præsto), excellent, remarquable, distingué [choses] : nihil amicitia præstabilius Cic. Læl. 104, rien n’est préférable à l’amitié, cf. Nat. 2, 18 ; Rep. 4, 1
