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Headword: *)anqupourgh=sai
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]
Greek Original:
*)anqupourgh=sai: to\ a)ntapodou=nai xa/rin. *sofoklh=s *kolxi/sin: h)\ fh\s u(pomnu\s a)nqupourgh=sai xa/rin; o(/ti o( *)aristote/lhs th\n a)nqufai/resin a)ntanai/resin ei)/rhken.
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.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; philosophy; tragedy
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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