“lex talionis”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

lex talionis

释义

‖ lex talionis|lɛks tælɪˈəʊnɪs|
[L.]
The law of retaliation, ‘an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth’. (The accus. and abl. forms no longer occur in Eng. contexts.)
1597Morley Introd. Mus. iii. 146 Wherefore I may Lege talionis laugh at incongruity as well as you might at vnformality.1600J. Pory tr. Leo's Africa ii. 56 He is presently without any iudgement to haue Legem talionis, that is, like for like, inflicted vpon him.1646Evance Noble Ord. 23 Gods Lex talionis is as firme as the lawes of the Meads and Persians.1731Medley tr. Kolben's Cape G. Hope (1738) I. 287 They take the Field with their best Force, not only to recover their Wives, but, Lege Talionis, to plunder the Robbers of theirs.1821Jefferson Autobiog. Writ. (1892) I. 60 For other felonies should be substituted hard labor..and in some cases, the Lex Talionis.1857J. W. Croker Ess. Fr. Rev. iv. 171 The lex talionis with which the revolutionary Nemesis requited her votaries.

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