prester
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
prester presteris N M :: fiery whirlwind or a waterspout
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prēster: ēris, m., = πρηστήρ burning.
I A fiery whirlwind, which descends in the form of a pillar of fire, a water-spout, sand-spout: presteras Graici quos ab re nominitarunt, etc., Lucr. 6, 424: turbo ardentior accensusque dum furit, prester vocatur, amburens contacta pariter, et proterens, Plin. 2, 48, 50, § 133: spiritus cum majore vi torti sunt, fit procella terrestris, et a Graecis prester nomen accepit, App. de Mundo, p. 62 fin.—
II A kind of serpent, whose bite causes a burning thirst: prester quem percusserit, distenditur, enormique corpulentiā necatur extuberatus, Sol. 27, 32: torridus prester, Luc. 9, 791; Plin. 20, 20, 81 § 210; 24, 13, 73, § 117.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prēstēr,¹⁵ ēris, m. (πρηστήρ),
1 metéore igné, colonne ou tourbillon de feu : Lucr. 6, 424
2 espèce de serpent dont la morsure causait une soif brûlante : Sol. 27, 32 ; Luc. 9, 721 ; Plin. 20, 210.
Latin > German (Georges)
prēstēr, ēris, Akk. Plur. ēras, m. (πρηστήρ), brennend; dah. I) ein feuriger Wirbelwind, der in Gestalt einer Feuersäule sich herabläßt, Lucr., Plin. u.a. – II) eine Art Schlangen, deren Biß brennenden Durst verursacht und den Leib auftreibt, Plin. u.a.
