retribuo

rē̆-trĭbŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a., to give back, return, restore, repay (class., but freq. only in eccl. Lat.; syn. remuneror).

I.

Lit.:

corpora retribuat rebus recreetque fluentes,

Lucr. 5, 275:

populo pecuniam acceptam,

Liv. 2, 41, 8:

fructum quem meruerunt,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 44:

aliena suis,

Paul. Nol. Carm. 32, 514:

quodcunque aliud acceperis, potes cum libuit retribuere,

App. Mag. p. 332, 24.—

II.

Trop.:

vicem alicui,

to repay, requite, Lact. 6, 18, 22:

retributionem gentibus,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 2, 68:

justis bona,

id. Prov. 13, 21.