ἀριστόβουλος
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)
η, ον,
A best in counsel, epith. of Artemis at Melite, Plu.Them.22, cf. Artem.2.37; at Rhodes, Porph.Abst.2.54:—hence Ἀριστοβου-λῐασταί, οἱ, a confraternity of her worshippers, IG12(1).163 (Rhodes).
German (Pape)
[Seite 352] (βουλή), am besten rathend, dazu fem. ἀριστοβούλη Beiname der Artemis, Plut. Them. 22. Bei Artemidor. 2, 37 nom. pr. = Νέμεσις.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀριστόβουλος: -η, -ον, ὁ ἄριστα βουλευόμενός τινι, ἠνίασε δὲ τοὺς πολλοὺς καὶ τὸ τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος ἱερόν εἰσάμενος, ἥν Ἀριστοβούλην μὲν προσηγόρευσεν (ὁ Θεμιστοκλῆς) ὡς ἄριστα τῇ πόλει καὶ τοῖς Ἕλλησι βουλευσάμενος κτλ. Πλουτ. Θεμ. 22: ― Οὐσιαστ. ἀριστοβουλία, ἡ, Συλλογ. Ἐπιγρ. 8750.
Greek Monolingual
ἀριστόβουλος, -η, -ον (Α)
αυτός που δίνει άριστες συμβουλές.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < άριστος + βουλή < βούλομαι «θέλω, απαιτώ»].
