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 ἀμοιϝά” GDI3119c(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.
3. that which is given in exchange, “τῷ σκυτοτόμῳ ἀντὶ τῶν ὑποδημάτων ἀ. γίνεται κατ᾽ ἀξίαν” Arist.EN1163b35; “τὴν ἀ. ποιητέον κατὰ τὴν προαίρεσιν” 1164b1; “δέκα μνῶν ἀ.” Plu.Lyc.9.
2. transformation, D.L.9.8.