tit for tat
From LSJ
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
repay tit for tat: V. τὸν αὐτὸν… τίσασθαι τρόπον (Aesch., Seven Against Thebes 638), παθὼν ἀντιδρᾶν (Euripides, Andromache 438).
requite (a person) tit for tat: P. τοῖς ὁμοίοις ἀμύνεσθαι (acc.).
get tit for tat: P. and V. ἀντιπάσχειν.
