Ἀναπόδοτος

not to be returned

Translated by Jennifer Benedict18 Oct 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

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[Note] that a "gift" is giving which need not be returned; "giving" [is] the genus of "gift."

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀναπόδοτος· ὅτι ἡ δωρεὰ δόσις ἐστὶν ἀναπόδοτος, ἡ δὲ δόσις γένος τῆς δωρεᾶς.

Betacode

*)anapo/dotos: o(/ti h( dwrea\ do/sis e)sti\n a)napo/dotos, h( de\ do/sis ge/nos th=s dwrea=s.

Aristotle, Topics 125a18, quoted from delta 1453. The sense is that a "gift" (dwrea/) is a specific type of "giving" (do/sis), one which requires no gift in return. See LSJ entry for the headword at web address 1.