inductio
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-ductĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I a leading or bringing into, introducing, admission (class.).
I Lit.: nos aquarum inductionibus terris fecunditatem damus, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 152: horum (juvenum in circum), introduction, exhibition, Liv. 44, 9, 5; so on the stage: ficta personarum, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205: prima trullis frequentetur inductio, a plastering, Pall. 1, 15.—Of a striking out, erasing of writing (cf. induco, 1. C. 3.): lituras, inductiones, superductiones ipse feci, Dig. 28, 4, 1.—
B Transf., concr.
1 An awning drawn over a theatre to protect the audience from the sun, Vitr. 10 praef.—
2 A fomentation, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 27, 216.—
II Trop.
A In gen. (acc. to induco II. B. 2. b.), a purpose, resolution, inclination, intention: animi, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 11, 32; id. Fam. 1, 8, 2: cedet profecto virtuti dolor et animi inductione languescet, id. Tusc. 2, 13, 31.—
B In partic., rhet. t. t.
1 Induction, a mode of reasoning from known particulars to generals, the Gr. ἐπαγωγή,> Cic. Top. 10, 42; id. Inv. 1, 31, 51; Quint. 5, 10, 73; 5, 11, 2 sq.: erroris, id. 9, 1, 31.—
2 Personarum ficta, = προσωποποιΐα,> the introduction of a fictitious person, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205.—
3 Erroris inductio, = ἀποπλάνησις,> a leading into error, misguiding, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205.—
4 An assumption, supposition, Prisc. 1144 P.
