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lex talionis en · NOUN

Etymology

From Latin lex (“proposition or motion for a law, a bill”) + talionis, genitive singular of tālio (“retaliation”), from tālis (“of such kind”).

Meanings

  1. law of equivalent retaliation.

Relateds

eye for an eye

Translations (8)

sv talionprincipen (law of equivalent retaliation) · tl balantogi (law of equivalent retaliation) · sv lex talionis (law of equivalent retaliation) · cmn 同態復仇 /同态复仇 (law of equivalent retaliation) · ca llei del talió (law of equivalent retaliation) · es ley del talión (law of equivalent retaliation) · gl lei do talión (law of equivalent retaliation) · fr loi du talion (law of equivalent retaliation)