τὴν ἀξίην [εὐεργεσίην] λαβεῖν -> get one's just deserts, get one's deserts

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τὴν ἀξίην [εὐεργεσίην] λαβεῖν -> get one's just deserts, get one's deserts
on: 23 Oct, 2019, 11:03:22
τὴν ἀξίην λαβεῖν -> get one's just deserts, get one's deserts
Once, in Herodotus 7.39.12 — τὴν μὲν ἀξίην [εὐεργεσίην, from line 10 above] οὐ λάμψεαι, ἐλάσσω δὲ τῆς ἀξίης [εὐεργεσίης]: "you shall get not the deserved [benefit], but less than the deserved [benefit]."
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