ἀμοιβ-αῖος,ον, alsoα,ον,
A. giving like for like, retributive,
δεῖπνα
Pi. O. 1.39
;retributive, νέμεσις, φόνος,
AP 10.123 ( Aesop. ), Opp. C. 2.485 .Adv.
-ως alternately,
Luc. Am. 9
.
II. interchanging, reciprocal,
Emp. 30.3 ;ἀ. βιβλία interchangedletters, Hdt. 6.4 ;ἀ. χάρις exchange offavours, A.R. 3.82 (butἀ. εὐνή ambiguous(half-human, half-animal), 2.1241 ):—τὰ ἀ. dialoguein Trag., Pl. R. 394b ; of the responsion of choric odes, Plu. Pomp. 48 ; ἀ. ἀοιδά
Theoc. 8.31
, cf. Il. 1.604 ;answering as in dialogue,Sch. Ar. Pl. 253 , 487 .