alluo
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
alluo alluere, allui, - V TRANS :: wash/flow past/near/against, lap; beset; bathe (pers.) (tears); deposit silt
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
al-lŭo: (adl-), ŭi, 3, v. n.,
I to flow near to, to wash against, to bathe, of the sea, the waves, etc. (perh. not used before the Cic. per.).
I Lit.: non adluuntur a mari moenia, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 96: ita jactantur fluctibus, ut numquam adluantur, id. Sex. Rosc. 72: fluvius latera haec adluit, id. Leg. 2, 3, 6: flumen quo adluitur oppidum, Plin. 6, 4; Verg. A. 8, 149: amnis ora vicina adluens, Sen. Hippol. 1232: adluit gentes Maeotis, id. Oedip. 475.—
II Fig.: (Massilia) cincta Gallorum gentibus barbariae fluctibus adluitur, Cic. Fl. 26, 63.
Latin > German (Georges)
al-luo (ad-luo), uī, ere, an etw. anspülen, etw. bespülen, vom Meere, Flusse usw., fluvius latera haec alluit, Cic.: montes, quorum alluant radices lacus ac fluvii, Varr.: moenia alluuntur a mari, Cic.: urbs mari alluitur, Liv.: urbis murus fluctu alluitur, Liv. – eorum ossa ita iactantur fluctibus, ut numquam alluantur, (von ihnen) bespült, d.i. berührt werden, Cic. Rosc. Am. 72; or. 107. – doppelsinnig, Massilia cum... barbariae fluctibus alluatur, vom afrikan. Meere u. von den Fluten der Barbarei u. Roheit, Cic. Flacc. 63.
