refectio
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)
rĕfectĭo: (rĕfict-), ōnis, f. reficio,
I a restoring, repairing (post-Aug.).
I Lit.: Capitolii, Suet. Caes. 15: ferramenta, quae refectionem desiderant, Col. 12, 3, 9: viae publicae, Dig. 43, 11, 1; cf. ib. 43, 21, 1, § 7. — In <number opt="n">plur.</number>, Vitr. 6, 3.—
II Trop., refreshment, refection, recreation, recovery (cf.: relaxatio, remissio): etiam febre liberatus vix refectioni valebit, will scarcely be strong enough to recover, Cels. 3, 15; 4, 6 fin.: tempora ad quietem refectionemque nobis data, Quint. 10, 3, 26; cf. Plin. Pan. 81: oculorum (with recreatur acies), Plin. 37, 5, 16, § 63: lassitudinum perfrictionumque (oleum), id. 23, 4, 40, § 80.— In <number opt="n">plur.</number>: quae refectiones tuas arbores praetexerint, Plin. Pan. 15, 4. —
B Transf., i. q. deversorium or cenaculum, transl. of the Gr. κατάλυμα,> Vulg. Marc. 14, 14.
