φιλοστοργία
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
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A tender love, affection, Antipho Fr.73, Plb.9.13.2, Phld.Hom.p.8 O., BMus.Inscr.481*.79 (Ephes.), etc.; ἡ ἄγαν φ. Antip.Stoic.3.254; πρὸς τὸ θρέψαν ἔδαφος Demad.37; πρὸς ἀλλήλους Plb.31.25.1; πρὸς τὴν πατρίδα Id.16.17.8; πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα Arch.Pap.6.9 (Delos); ἡ φυσικὴ τῶν γόνεων εἰς τέκνα φ. D.S.4.44; of an elephant, δεινή τις φ. γέγονε τοῦ θηρὸς πρὸς τὸ παιδίον Phylarch.36J. 2 affectionateness, X.Cyr.1.4.3. 3 of sexual love, D.S.1.64.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1286] ἡ, zärtliche Liebe; Xen. Cyr. 1, 4,3; Pol. 9, 13, 2; πρὸς τὴν πατρίδα 16, 17, 8; πρὸς ἀλλήλους 32, 11, 1.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
φῐλοστοργία: ἡ, τρυφερὰ ἀγάπη, στοργή, ἐπὶ τῆς ἀγάπης τῶν γονέων καὶ τέκνων, Ἀντιφῶν ἐν τοῖς Α. Β. 78· πρός τινα Πολύβ. 9. 123, 2., 32. 11, 1· ἡ φυσικὴ τῶν γονέων εἰς τέκνα φ. Διόδ. 4. 44· ― οὕτως ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐλέφαντος, δεινή τις φ. γέγονε τοῦ θηρὸς πρὸς τὸ παιδίον Φύλαρχος παρ’ Ἀθην. 606Ε. 2) συμπάθεια μετὰ στοργῆς, Ξεν. Κύρ. Παιδ. 1. 4, 3. 3) ἐπὶ τῆς μεταξὺ ἀνδρὸς καὶ γυναικὸς ἀγάπης, Κλέαρχ. παρ’ Ἀθην. 555Ε (;)
