repay
From LSJ
ἄμεινον γὰρ ἑαυτῷ φυλάττειν τὴν ἐλευθερίαν τοῦ ἑτέρων ἀφαιρεῖσθαι → for it is better to guard one's own freedom than to deprive another of his
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
pay back: P. and V. ἀποδιδόναι, ἀποτίνειν (Eur., Orestes 655), P. ἀνταποδιδόναι.
recompense P. and V. ἀμείβεσθαι.
requite: P. and V. ἀμύνεσθαι, ἀνταμύνεσθαι, Ar. and V. ἀνταμείβεσθαι; see also punish.
repay with evil: P. and V. ἀντιδρᾶν κακῶς (τινά).
repay with good: Ar. and P. ἀντ' εὖ ποιεῖν (τινά), P. and V. εὖ παθὼν ἀντιδρᾶν (τινά).
repay measure for measure: V. τὸν αὐτὸν… τίσασθαι τρόπον (Aesch., Seven Against Thebes 638).
