indomitus
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)
in-dŏmĭtus: a, um, adj.,
I untamed, unsubdued, ungoverned, unrestrained; untamable, ungovernable, fierce, wild (class.).
I Lit.: boves indomitos emere, unbroken, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 11: equus, Auct. Her. 4, 46, 59; Hor. S. 2, 2, 10; cf.: indomitā cervice feri, id. Ep. 1, 3, 34.—
II Trop.: pastores indomiti, spe libertatis excitati, Caes. B. C. 1, 57: indomitae et praeferoces nationes, Tac. A. 15, 27: acer et indomitus libertatisque magister, Juv. 2, 77.— Of things concr. and abstr.: oculi, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 92: dextra, unconquered, Ov. M. 13, 355: Euri, id. H. 15, 9: mare, Tib. 2, 3, 45: Falernum, indigestible, Pers. 3, 3: mors, Hor. C. 2, 14, 4: licentia, id. ib. 3, 24, 28: ingenium, Quint. 10, 2, 19: cupiditates animi, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39: (with effrenata) libido, id. Clu. 6, 15: tarditas, invincible, that cannot be overcome or got rid of, Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 171: argentum, uncoined, Arn. 6, 200.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
indŏmĭtus,¹⁰ a, um (in, domo), indompté, insoumis [en parl. d’animaux, de peuples, de passions] : Varro R. 2, 5, 11 ; Cic. Rep. 1, 68 ; 1, 9 ; Verr. 2, 1, 62 || indomptable, invincible : Tib. 2, 3, 45 ; Ov. M. 13, 355.
