ἀμοιβή

amoibe

requital, recompense

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

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Nicomachean Ethics 3
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Book IX 3
Chapter 1 1163b32–1164b21

1163b34
1164b1
1164b19

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀμοιβή, ἡ, (ἀμείβω) A. requital, recompense, Hom. only in Od.; σοὶ δʼ 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 ἀμοιϝά GDI 3119c (Corinth); οἵας ἀ. ἐξ Ἰάσονος κυρεῖ E. Med. 23; ἀμοιβαὶ τῶν θυσιῶν Pl. Smp. 202e; retribution, ἔργων ἀντʼ ἀδίκων χαλεπὴν ἐπέθηκεν ἀ. Hes. Op. 334: pl., αἰωνίαις ἀ. βασανισθησόμενοι Phld. D. 1.19. 2. repayment, compensation, τείσουσι βοῶν ἐπιεικέʼ ἀ. Od. 12.382. 3. that which is given in exchange, τῷ σκυτοτόμῳ ἀντὶ τῶν ὑποδημάτων ἀ. γίνεται κατʼ 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.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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