ioculor

From LSJ

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

Source

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

jŏcŭlor: āri joculus,
I to jest, joke; only in part. pres.: incondita quaedam joculantes, Liv. 7, 10, 13.—Hence, adv.: jŏcŭlanter, jestingly, jokingly: compellare, Sid. Ep. 1, 2.

Latin > German (Georges)

ioculor, ārī (ioculus), scherzen, schäkern, scherzend-, schäkernd vorbringen, inter carminum prope in modum incondita quaedam militariter ioculantes, unter den rohen Soldatenscherzen, die fast wie Verse lauteten, Liv. 7, 10, 13. – / Phaedr. 4, 2, 1 jetzt ioculare tibi videtur.