ἀνταπό-δοσις, εως, ἡ,
I giving back in turn, opp. ἀποδοχή, Th. 4.81; rendering, requiting, repayment, Arist. EN 1133a3, 1163a11, al.; χάριτος Men. Mon. 330, D.S. 20.100; τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν Phld. Piet. 14; retribution, LXX [Isa 61:2], LXX [Isa 63:4], al.; reprisals, γίγνεται ἀ. ἔκ τινος Plb. 5.30.6; reward, LXX [Psa 18:11] (19). 11, [Col 3:24].
II
1. turning back, opposite direction or course, of a current, ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι Plb. 4.43.5, etc., cf. Plu. 2.136b.
2. responsive sound, Arist. Aud. 803a31.
III
1. alternation, e.g. of action and reaction, περιόδων πρὸς ἀλλήλας Hp. Aph. 1.12; reaction, prob. in Epicur. Ephesians 2 p.48U., cf. Thphr. Vent. 10.
2. Rhet., parallelism or opposition of clauses in a periodic sentence, Demetr. Eloc. 23, cf. 250; in a simile, correspondence with the object of comparison, Quint. Inst. 8.3.77. Gramm., correlativity of words such as τοιοῦτος, οἷος, A.D. Synt. 54.1. answering clause, Hermog. Id. 1.11, 2.1; v l. in A.D. Synt. 20.6.
3. capping verses, as a subject of competition, Michel 913 (Teos).
ἀντ - από - δοσις , - εως , ἡ
( v. supr .),
[in LXX chiefly for H1576, H7966;]
recompense: [Col 3:24] ( MM , VGT , s.v. ). †