monstruosus
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)
monstrŭōsus: (post-class. mon-strōsus), a, um, adj. monstrum,
I strange, preternatural, monstrous (class.): monstruosissima bestia, of the ape, Cic. Div. 2, 32, 69: hominum partus monstrosi, Luc. 1, 557: ferculum longe monstruosius, Petr. 69: scriptis monstruosus, Suet. Gram. 15: libidines, unnatural, id. Calig. 16: mulier si monstrosum aliquid aut prodigiosum enixa sit, Paul. Sent. 4, 9, 3 (but in Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 61, instead of monstrosi the correct reading seems to be morosi; so B. and K.; v. Madv. ad h. l.).—Hence, * adv.: monstrŭōsē (monstrōsē), strangely, unnaturally, monstrously: cogitare, Cic. Div. 2, 71, 146.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mōnstrŭōsus¹³ (-trōsus), a, um (monstrum), monstrueux, bizarre, extraordinaire : Cic. Div. 2, 69 ; Luc. 1, 557 || -ior Petr. 69, 7 ; -issimus Cic. Div. 2, 69.
Latin > German (Georges)
mōnstruōsus (mōnstrōsus), a, um (monstrum), I) widernatürlich, unnatürlich, scheußlich, hominum partus, Lucr. (vgl. liberos, si debiles monstrosique editi sunt, mergimus, Sen.): corpus, scheußlich verstümmelt, Sen.: gentium facies (Plur.), Solin.: monstruosa et ridicula quaedam simulacra, Lact.: miracula, Min. Fel.: genera morborum, Sen.: margarita monstruosae magnitudinis, Macr.: ferculum longe monstruosius, Petron. – concubitus, libidines, Suet. – illa monstruosissima bestia, v. Affen, Cic. – II) übtr., seltsam, wunderbar, abenteuerlich, monstruosus vitā scriptisque, Suet.: quid monstruosius? Augustin.
