repulsio

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μηδὲν κοτυλίζειν, ἀλλὰ καταπάττειν χύδην → not to sell by the cupful, but to dole out indiscriminately | not to sell by retail but wholesale

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

rĕpulsĭo: ōnis, f. repello.
I Lit., a repelling, resistance: violentiae per vim, Isid. 5, 4, 2. —
II Transf., a refutation (late Lat.), Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 7 fin.>