recompense
From LSJ
λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις λόγος → for men reason cures grief, for men reason is a healer of grief, a physician for grief is to people a word, pain's healer is a word to man, logos is a healer of man's anguish, talking through one's grief is therapeutic
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. ἀμοιβή, ἡ (Plato but rare P.), μισθός, ὁ; see punishment, reward.
verb transitive
P. and V. ἀμείβεσθαι.
requite with evil: P. and V. ἀμύνεσθαι, ἀνταμύνεσθαι, Ar. and V. ἀνταμείβεσθαι; see also punish.
benefit in return: Ar. and P. ἀντ' εὖ ποιεῖν (acc.).
compensate for, make good: P. and V. ἀκεῖσθαι, ἀναλαμβάνειν.
