compensate
From LSJ
μή μοι θεοὺς καλοῦσα βουλεύου κακῶς· πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίας μήτηρ, γυνὴ Σωτῆρος· ὦδ᾽ ἔχει λόγος → When you invoke the gods, do not be ill-advised. For Obedience is the mother of Success, wife of Salvation—as the saying goes.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
requite: P. and V. ἀμείβεσθαι.
compensate for, make good: P. and V. ἀκεῖσθαι (acc.), ἀναλαμβάνειν (acc.), P. ἐξακεῖσθαι (acc.) (Xen.).
make atonement for: P. and V. δίκην διδόναι (gen.), δίκην τίνειν (gen.), δίκην ἐκτίνειν (gen.); see atonement.
compensating for, adj.: P. ἀντίρροπος (gen.), ἀντίσταθμος (dat.) (Plato), V. ἀντίσταθμος (gen.).
counterbalance: see counterbalance.
