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ἀντίδοσις

ἀντίδοσις, a giving in return, exchange

ἀντί-δοσις, εως, ἡ, (ἀντιδιδωμι)
  • giving in return, exchange, Arist. EN 1133a6, Call. Fr. 221; φορτίων D.S. 2.54; αἰχμαλώτων 12.63; καρπῶν D.Chr. 38.22; κακῶν App. BC 1.3; ἡ εἰς τὴν σιωπὴν ἀ. Ael. NA 5.9:—repayment, requital, ὕβρεως Orac. ap. Luc. Alex. 50; ἀντίδοσίν τινος in return for . ., IG 3.172.
    • II at Athens, a form by which a citizen charged with a λειτουργία or εἰσφορά might call upon any other citizen, whom he thought richer than himself, either to exchange properties, or to submit to the charge himself, Lys. 3.20, etc., cf. Cratin. 14D.; καλεῖσθαί τινα εἰς ἀ. τριηραρχίας ἢ χορηγίας X. Oec. 7.3; καταστὰς (sc. χορηγὸς) ἐξ ἀντιδόσεως D. 21.156; ποιεῖσθαι ἀ. τινι Id. 4.36; ἀ. ἐπʼ ἐμὲ παρεσκεύασαν 28.17; cf. Isoc. 15, D. 42.

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