quintus

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)

quintus: (old form quinctus, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 123), a, um, num. adj. quinque,
I the fifth: quarta invidia, quinta ambitio, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 8: locus, Cic. Inv. 1, 53, 102; 1, 55, 107: natura, id. Tusc. 1, 17, 41: quinta pars, quintessence, essence, Hor. C. 1, 13, 16: quinto mense, quinto die, Liv. 31, 7.— Advv.
A quintum, for the fifth time: declarati consules Q. Fabius Maximus quintum, Q. Fabius Flaccus quartum, Liv. 27, 6; 6, 42; Vell. 1, 14, 6. —
B quintō, for the fifth time: eodem anno lectisternium Romae, quinto post conditam Urbem, habitum est, Liv. 8, 25.

(1) quīntus,⁹ a, um (quinque), cinquième : Cic., Cæs. ; etc. quinctus Pl. *Trin. 524.