ἀνταποδίδωμι
Δούλου γὰρ οὐδὲν χεῖρον οὐδὲ τοῦ καλοῦ → Res nulla servo peior est, etiam bono → Ein Sklave ist das schlechteste, selbst wenn er gut
English (LSJ)
A give back, repay, tender in repayment or requital, Batr.186; ἀ. τὸ ὅμοιον, τὸἴσον, Hdt.1.18, Th.1.43; χάριν Pherecr. 2D.; τὴν ἴσην Arist.Rh.1379b7; ἀ. τροφεῖα Lys.6.49; ἀρετήν Th. 4.19; ὕβριν Plu.2.825c; τὰ αὐτὰ ἀ. react in the same way, Pl.Ti. 79e; of counter-arguments, Id.Prm.128d: abs., pay back, Th.3.40, Arist.Rh.1367a21. 2 take vengeance, LXX De.32.35, al., Ep.Rom.12.19. II assign as a balance, ἐναντίαν γένεσιν Pl.Phd. 71e. 2 make convertible, τὴν μεταφορὰν τὴν ἐκ τοῦ ἀνάλογον Arist. Rh.1407a15:—Pass., Demetr.Eloc.79. b Gramm., make to correspond, of correlatives (e.g. τοιοῦτος, οἷος), in Pass., A.D.Conj.254.19, Synt.54.5, al.; so of μέν . . δέ, Arist.Rh.1407a23, Demetr.Eloc.53, cf. Hermog.Id.1.4, al. 3 intr., answer to, correspond with, εἰ μὴ ἀνταποδιδοίη τὰ ἕτερα τοῖς ἑτέροις Pl.Phd.72a, cf. b; οὐκ ἀνταποδίδωσι τὸ ὅμοιον there is no similar correspondent, Arist.Mete.347b32, cf. IA 707b16, Ps.-Alex.Aphr.inSE192.14. 4 give back words, exchange 'tu quoque's', Pl Phdr.236c. III deliver in turn, τὸ σύνθημα X.Cyr.3.3.58 (Pass.); explain in turn, Pl.Ti.87c. IV give back a sound, of an echo, Plu.Sull.19; of troops, κραυγὴν ἀ. Id.Tim. 27.
