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Headword:
Anthupourgêsai
Adler number: alpha,2542
Translated headword: to return a kindness
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] to repay a favor.
Sophocles in
Colchians [writes]: "or will you promise on oath to requite a favor?"[1]
Aristotle said that
a)nqufai/resis ["corresponding diminution"] [means] cancellation.[2]
Anthupourgêsai: to antapodounai charin. Sophoklês Kolchisin: ê phês hupomnus anthupourgêsai charin; hoti ho Aristotelês tên anthuphairesin antanairesin eirêken.
Notes:
The headword, aorist active infinitive of
a)nqupourge/w, is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
[1]
Sophocles fr. 339 Radt.
[2] See LSJ s.v., citing Alexander of
Aphrodisias,
Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 545.16-17.
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 2 July 2000@22:52:15.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (augmented notes; added keywords; cosmetics) on 9 March 2001@09:40:40.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; betacode and other cosmetics) on 15 March 2012@09:06:54.
David Whitehead on 19 July 2015@06:39:28.
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