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αὐτῷ τῷ μέτρῳ καὶ

with the same measure (you shall be measured)

Source Hesiod, Works and Days 349-50 (cf. proverbial)

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Etymology

Echo of the Hesiodic / NT proverb of like-for-like measure; Cicero quotes a Greek proverbial form.

Occurrences in 1 work (1 total)

Ad Atticum 13.12 24 June 45 BC · 1 occurrence

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