noun
Meaning 1
law of equivalent retaliation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Phrase guide
lex talionis
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History
Etymology
From Latin lex (“proposition or motion for a law, a bill”) + talionis, genitive singular of tālio (“retaliation”), from tālis (“of such kind”).
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: llei del talió — law of equivalent retaliation
- Chinese Mandarin: 同態復仇 /同态复仇 — law of equivalent retaliation
- French: loi du talion — law of equivalent retaliation
- Galician: lei do talión — law of equivalent retaliation
- Spanish: ley del talión — law of equivalent retaliation
- Swedish: lex talionis — law of equivalent retaliation
- Swedish: talionprincipen — law of equivalent retaliation
- Tagalog: balantogi — law of equivalent retaliation