ἀμοιβή

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 τίνεσθαι to requite him by like return, Id. P. 2.24; χαρίεσσα ἀμοιvά 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.