ἀνταπόδοσις
Μέμνησο νέος ὤν, ὡς γέρων ἔσῃ ποτέ → Iuvenis memento te fore aliquando senem → Bedenke jung schon, dass dereinst ein Greis du bist
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A giving back in turn, opp. ἀποδοχή, Th.4.81; rendering, requiting, repayment, Arist.EN1133a3, 1163a11, al.; χάριτος Men.Mon.330, D.S.20.100; τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν Phld.Piet.14; retribution, LXXIs.61.2, 63.4, al.; reprisals, γίγνεται ἀ. ἔκ τινος Plb.5.30.6; reward, LXXPs.18 (19).11, Ep.Col.3.24. II turning back, opposite direction or course, of a current, ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι Plb.4.43.5, etc., cf. Plu.2.136b. 2 responsive sound, Arist.Aud.803a31. III alternation, e.g. of action and reaction, περιόδων πρὸς ἀλλήλας Hp.Aph.1.12; reaction, prob. in Epicur.Ep.2p.48U., cf. Thphr.Vent.10. 2 Rhet., parallelism or opposition of clauses in a periodic sentence, Demetr.Eloc.23, cf. 250; in a simile, correspondence with the object of comparison, Quint. Inst.8.3.77. b Gramm., correlativity of words such as τοιοῦτος, οἷος, A.D.Synt.54.1. c answering clause, Hermog.Id.1.11, 2.1; v l. in A.D.Synt.20.6. 3 capping verses, as a subject of competition, Michel913 (Teos).
German (Pape)
[Seite 244] , ἡ 1) Wiederherausgeben, Thuc. 4, 81. Gew. Vergeltung, Arist. Nicom. 5, 5, 8; χάριτος Men. monost. 330; vgl. D. Sic. 20, 100; ἀνταπόδοσιν ποιεῖσθαι, wieder vergelten, eine Schuld bezahlen, Pol. 6, 5. 32, 13. – 2) entgegengesetzte Richtung, ποιεῖται ὁ ῥοῦς Pol. 4, 48; λαμβάνει τὰ πράγματα 27, 2. – 3) Gegensatz, Gramm. – Auch Wiederschein, Wiederhall?
