repay

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

pay back: P. and V. ἀποδιδόναι, ἀποτίνειν (Euripides, Orestes 655), P. ἀνταποδιδόναι.

recompense P. and V. ἀμείβεσθαι.

requite: P. and V. ἀμύνεσθαι, ἀνταμύνεσθαι, Ar. and V. ἀνταμείβεσθαι; see also punish.

repay with evil: P. and V. ἀντιδρᾶν κακῶς (τινά).

repay with good: Ar. and P. ἀντ' εὖ ποιεῖν (τινά), P. and V. εὖ παθὼν ἀντιδρᾶν (τινά).

repay measure for measure: V. τὸν αὐτὸν… τίσασθαι τρόπον (Aesch., Seven Against Thebes 638).