requital, recompense,
ἀμοιβ-ή,ἡ, (ἀμείβω)
A. requital, recompense,
Hom. only in Od. ; σοὶ δ' ἄξιόν ἐστιν ἀμοιβῆς
Od. 1.318
; ἄλλοισι δίδου χαρίεσσαν ἀ. . . ἑκατόμβης
3.58
; εὖ ἔρδοντι κακὴν ἀπέδωκας ἀ.
Thgn. 1263
, cf. E. Or. 467 ; γλυκεῖαν μόχθων ἀ.
Pi. N. 5.48
;ἀγαναῖς ἀ. τινὰ τίνεσθαιto requite himby like return,
Id. P. 2.24 ; χαρίεσσα ἀμοιϝά
GDI 3119c
(Corinth); οἵας ἀ. ἐξ Ἰάσονος κυρεῖ
E. Med. 23
; ἀμοιβαὶ τῶν θυσιῶν
Pl. Smp. 202e
;retribution,
ἔργων ἀντ' ἀδίκων χαλεπὴν ἐπέθηκεν ἀ.
Hes. Op. 334
: pl., αἰωνίαις ἀ. βασανισθησόμενοι
Phld. D. 1.19
.
2. repayment, compensation,
τείσουσι βοῶν ἐπιεικέ' ἀ.
Od. 12.382
.
3. that which is given in exchange,
τῷ σκυτοτόμῳ ἀντὶ τῶν ὑποδημάτων ἀ. γίνεται κατ' ἀξίαν
Arist. EN 1163b35
; τὴν ἀ. ποιητέον κατὰ τὴν προαίρεσιν
1164b1
; δέκα μνῶν ἀ.
Plu. Lyc. 9
.
4. answer,
ἀσχήμων ἐν τῇ ἀ.
Hdt. 7.160
.
II. change, exchange,
τὰς ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι
Str. 11.4.4
; of money, Plu. Luc. 2 .
III. change, alternation,
κακῶν
E. El. 1147
; ἑορτῶν
Pl. Lg. 653d
.
2. transformation,
D.L. 9.8 .
