sacrificium
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 (Lewis & Short)
să̄crĭfĭcĭum: ii, n. id.,
I a sacrifice (class. and very freq. in <number opt="n">sing.</number> and plur.).
(a) Sing.: M. Popillius cum sacrificium publicum cum laenă faceret, quod erat flamen Carmentalis, Cic. Brut. 14, 56: epulare sacrificium facere, id. de Or. 3, 19, 73; cf.: sacrificio Apollini facto, Liv. 45, 27: sacrificium lustrale parare, id. 1, 28: sacrificio rite perpetrato, id. 44, 37 fin.: sollemne et statutum sacrificium, Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 113: decem ingenui decem virgines... ad id sacrificium adhibiti, Liv. 37, 3: sacrifici genus est, Ov. P. 3, 2, 57.—
(b) Plur.: Druides sacrificia publica ac privata procurant, Caes. B. G. 6, 13: sacrificiis studere, id. ib. 6, 21: sacrificiis sollemnibus factis, Cic. Phil. 5, 9, 24; so, sollemnia, Liv. 5, 52: anniversaria, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 128: publice ejusdem generis habent sacrificia, Caes. B. G. 6, 16; Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 96: sacrificia laeta, Liv. 36, 1: aliquem sacrificiis interdicere, Caes. B. G. 6, 13: sacrificia facere Libero Liberaeque, Col. 12, 18, 4: rex sacrificiorum, v. rex, A. 1.
