fallacia
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)
fallācĭa: ae (abl. also fallacie, App. M. 5, p. 171), f. fallax,
I deceit, trick, artifice, stratagem, craft, intrigue (class.; in Cic. only plur.; syn.: fraus, dolus, astus, astutia, calliditas).
I Prop.
(a) Plur.: nonne ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum ex fraude, fallaciis, mendaciis constare totus videtur? Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20: doli, machinae, fallaciae, praestigiae, id. N. D. 3, 29, 73: fraudes atque fallaciae, id. Clu. 36, 101: simulatione et fallaciis, id. de Or. 2, 46, 191: sine fuco ac fallaciis, id. Att. 1, 1, 1: quot admoenivi fabricas! quot fallacias! Plaut. Cist. 2, 2, 5.—So in plur., Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 13; 16; 20; id. Mil. 2, 2, 37 et saep.—
(b) Sing.: per malitiam et per dolum et fallaciam, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 15; id. Capt. prol. 40; 46; 2, 1, 25; id. As. 1, 1, 54; 2, 1, 2; 4 al.; Phaedr. 1, 31, 5; 3, 16, 10: ausculta quod superest fallaciae, Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 23; Suet. Tib. 62; Flor. 1, 16, 7 al.—Of magical art, Prop. 1, 1, 19 al.—Prov.: fallacia alia aliam trudit, one lie begets another, Ter. And. 4, 4, 39.—
II Of things: haec ipsa res habet aliquam fallaciam, deception, Col. 11, 2, 68: peccati, Vulg. Hebr. 3, 13; cf. id. Matt. 13, 22.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
fallācĭa,¹¹ æ, f. (fallax), tromperie, fourberie, supercherie, ruse : pl., Pl. Capt. 674 ; Cist. 540, etc. ; fallaciis Cic. Com. 20, par des artifices, cf. Nat. 3, 73 ; de Or. 2, 191 || [au sing.] Pl. Capt. 40, etc. ; Ter. Haut. 771, etc. || enchantement, sortilège : Prop. 1, 1, 19.
Latin > German (Georges)
fallācia, ae, f. (fallax), die Betrügerei, Ränkemacherei, der Trug, die Intrige, im Plur. Ränke, auch Verstellungskünste, trügerische Vorstellungen u. dgl., Komik., Cic. u.a.: composita est fallacia, Plaut.: fallaciam facere, Ter.: fallaciam od. fallacias fingere, Plaut. u. Ter.: fallaciam intendere in alqm, Ter.: omnes fallacias suas et calliditates ad decipiendum hominem intendere, Lact.: fallaciam alci portare, Ter., od. ferre, Plaut., od. affere, Ter., mit Lug u. Trug vorgehen gegen jmd.: per fallaciam, Ter. u. Suet.: per fallacias, Ter. u. Claud. Quadr.: sine fuco ac fallaciis, Cic. – Plur., componere fallacias, Plaut.: excogitare fallacias, Cic.: fallaciarum nubem discutere, Amm. – v. Lebl., tanta est fallacia tecti, des Labyrinths, Ov.: deductae quibus est fallacia lunae, Prop.: sed et haec ipsa habet aliquam fallaciam, Col. – Nbf. fallācies, ēi, f., b. Apul. met. 5, 27 (wo Abl. fallacie).
