duellicus

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 > French (Gaffiot 2016)

duēllĭcus,¹⁶ a, um, (duellum), belliqueux : Lucr. 2, 662 ; ars duellica Pl. Epid. 450, l’art de la guerre.

duellicus, a, um, altlat. = bellicus, Plaut. Epid. 450. Lucr. 2, 662.

duellicus duellica, duellicum ADJ :: of war, military; warlike; (old form and poetic replacement for bellator)