paṭirosati

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

paṭi- + rosati

Verb

paṭirosati (root rus, first conjugation)

  1. to annoy in return, to tease back[1]
    • c. 50 BC, Anguttara Nikaya: Book of Fours, Mahā Vagga; republished as Richard Morris, editor, Aṅguttara-Nikāya: Part II: Catukka Nipāta, London: Pali Text Society, 1888, page 215:
      Idha bhikkhave bhikkhu akkosantaṃ paccakkosati, rosantaṃ paṭirosati, bhaṇḍantaṃ paṭibhaṇḍati.
      Mendicants, it’s when someone abuses, annoys, or argues with a mendicant, and the mendicant abuses, annoys, or argues back at them.

Conjugation

  • Present active participle: paṭirosant, which see for forms and usage
  • Present middle participle: paṭirosamāna, which see for forms and usage

Adjective

paṭirosati

  1. masculine/neuter locative singular of paṭirosant, present participle of the verb above

References

  1. Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “paṭirosati”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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