compensate
From LSJ
τὸ πολὺ τοῦ βίου ἐν δικαστηρίοις φεύγων τε καὶ διώκων κατατρίβομαι → waste the greater part of one's life in courts either as plaintiff or defendant
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
requite: P. and V. ἀμείβεσθαι.
compensate for, make good: P. and V. ἀκεῖσθαι (acc.), ἀναλαμβάνειν (acc.), P. ἐξακεῖσθαι (acc.) (Xen.).
make atonement for: P. and V. δίκην διδόναι (gen.), δίκην τίνειν (gen.), δίκην ἐκτίνειν (gen.); see atonement.
compensating for, adj.: P. ἀντίρροπος (gen.), ἀντίσταθμος (dat.) (Plato), V. ἀντίσταθμος (gen.).
counterbalance: see counterbalance.
