complementum
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 > English
complementum complementi N N :: complement, something that fills out/up or completes
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
complēmentum: i, n. compleo,
I that which fills up or completes, a complement (rare; only fig.): numerorum (inania quaedam verba), * Cic. Or. 69, 230: omnium accusationum, that gives them their full weight, Tac. A. 3, 38: accusationis, Cod. Th. 9, 24, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
complēmentum,¹⁶ ī, n. (compleo), ce qui complète, complément : Cic. Or. 230 ; Tac. Ann. 3, 38.
Latin > German (Georges)
complēmentum, ī, n. (compleo), das Ausfüllungsmittel, Ergänzungsmittel, übtr., inculcata reperias inania quaedam verba quasi complementa numerorum, Cic. or. 230: quod (maiestatis crimen) tum omnium accusationum c. erat, was damals jeder A. erst den Nachdruck gab, Tac. ann. 3, 38: u. so c. accusationis, Cod. Theod. 9, 24, 3.
