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return
v. trans.
Give back:
P. and V. ἀ̆ποδῐδόναι.
Give in return:
P. and V. ἀντῐδῐδόναι, P. ἀνταποδιδόναι.
Return a favour:
P. χάριν ἀποδιδόναι, V. ἀνθῠπουργῆσαι χάριν (Soph. Frag.).
Return evil for evil:
P. and V. ἀντιδρᾶν κᾰκῶς.
Return good for good:
P. and V. εὖ πᾰθὼν ἀντιδρᾶν ; see requite.
In accounts, return as received
or paid: P. ἀναφέρειν. ἐπαναφέρειν.
Yield, bring in:
P. φέρειν, προσφέρειν ; see yield.
V. intrans. Come or go back: P. and V. ἐπᾰνέρχεσθαι, κομίζεσθαι, P. ἀνακομίζεσθαι, V. ἐπέρχεσθαι, νεῖσθαι (Soph. Ant. 33), νίσσεσθαι (Eur. Phoen. 1234).
Turn back:
P. and V. ἀ̆ναστρέφειν, ὑ̆ποστρέφειν, or pass. Ar. and P. ἐπᾰναστρέφειν.
Return home from a distance:
Ar. and V. νοστεῖν, P. and V. ἀ̆πονοστεῖν (Eur. I T. 731; Thuc. 7.87, but rare P.).
May I never return home:
V. ἄ̆νοστος εἴην (Eur. I.T. 751).
Return frem exile:
P. and V. κᾰτέρχεσθαι.
Return with others:
P. συγκατέρχεσθαι (dat. or absol.).
Return
(to a subject): P. and V. ἐπᾰνέρχεσθαι, ἀ̆νέρχεσθαι.
Return in safety to:
P. ἀνασώζεσθαι εἰς (acc.).
return
subs.
Giving back:
P. ἀπόδοσις, ἡ.
Withdrawal:
P. ἀναχώρησις, ἡ.
Turning back:
P. and V. ἀ̆ναστροφή, ἡ.
Coming home:
V. νόστος, ὁ.
A safe return:
V. νόστιμος σωτηρία, ἡ.
Return of exiles:
P. and V. κά̆θοδος, ἡ.
Revenue:
P. πρόσοδος, ἡ.
Furnish a return
(list) of, v: P. ἀποφέρειν (acc.), ἀπογράφειν (acc.).
Give in returne of
(money coming in, etc.): P. ἀποφαίνειν (acc.).
Recompense:
P. and V. ἀ̆μοιβή, ἡ (Plat.), μισθός, ὁ.
For all this you and my mother have made me this return:
V. κἀντὶ τῶνδέ μοι χάριν τοιάνδε καὶ σὺ χἡ τεκοῦσʼ ἠλλαξάτην (Eur. Alc. 660).
In return
(in compounds): P. and V. ἀντι e. g.
Requite in return:
P. and V. ἀντᾰμύ̄νεσθαι.
In return for:
P. and V. ἀντί̆ (gen.).
He shall receive violence in return for violence:
V. ἔργοισι δʼ ἔργα διάδοχ’ ἀντιλήψεται (Eur. And. 743).

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