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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

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

occŭbo: āre, 1, v. n. ob-cubo,
I to lie in a place; to rest, repose in the grave (poet.): ad tumulum, quo maximus occubat Hector, Verg. A. 5, 371: Paris urbe paternā occubat, id. ib. 10, 706: crudelibus occubat umbris, reposes with the dead, id. ib. 1, 547: flebili leto, Sen. Hippol. 997: consul pro vestrā victoriā morte occubans, Liv. 8, 10, 4.