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τὸν αὐτὸν ἔρανον ἀποδοῦναι → pay him back in his own coin, repay him in his own coin, pay someone back in their own coin, pay back in someone's own coin, give tit for tat, pay back in kind
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English (LSJ)
ή, όν, (δέος, cf. Pl.La.198b)
A fearful, terrible; in Hom., of persons and things, Χάρυβδις Od.12.260; κλαγγή Il.1.49; ὅπλα 10.254: freq. in neut., δεινὸν ἀῧσαι 11.10; βροντᾶν 20.56; δεινὸν δέρκεσθαι 3.342; παπταίνειν Od.11.608; δεινὰ δ' ὑποδρὰ ἰδών Il. 15.13; δ. ἰδέσθαι fearful to behold, Od.22.405; δ. μὲν ὁρᾶν, δ. δὲ κλύειν S.OC141; εἰ καὶ δεινόν τῳ ἀκοῦσαι Th.1.122; δεινὴ παρὰ τοῖς εἰδόσιν ἡ βάσανος And.1.30; in milder sense, awful, δεινή τε καὶ αἰδοίη θεός Il.18.394, cf. 3.172, Od.8.22, etc.; τὸ δεινόν danger, suffering, horror, A.Ch.634, etc.; awe, terror, Id.Eu.517; ὅπου τὸ δ. ἐλπὶς οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ S.Fr.196; πρὸς τὸ δ. ἔρχεσθαι ib.351: in pl., ἐκτὸς ὄντα πημάτων τὰ δείν' ὁρᾶν Id.Ph.504; εἰ δείν' ἔδρασας, δεινὰ καὶ παθεῖν σε δεῖ Id.Fr.962, etc.; δεινὸν γίγνεται μή .. there is danger that... Hdt.7.157; οὐδὲν δεινοὶ ἔσονται μὴ ἀποστέωσιν no fear of their revolting, Id.1.155, etc.; δεινότατον μή .. the greatest danger lest... And.3.1; δεινόν ἐστι, c. inf., it is dangerous to do, Lys.12.87; δεινὸν ποιεῖσθαι take ill, complain of, be indignant at a thing: abs., Th.1.102, etc.: c. inf., ὑπὸ Μήδων ἄρχεσθαι Hdt.1.127, etc.; also δεινὰ ποιεῖν make complaints, Id.3.14,5.41; ἐν δεινῷ τίθεσθαι J.AJ18.9.8; δεινόν τι ἔσχε αὐτὸν ἀτιμάζεσθαι Hdt.1.61; δεινὸν or δεινὰ παθεῖν suffer illegal, arbitrary treatment, Ar.Ra.252, cf. Pl.Prt.317b, etc.; δεινότερα π. Th.3.13; τὸ δ. τὸ πείσομαι Hdt.7.11: in Oratt., δεινὸν ἂν εἴη εἰ . . And.1.30, Lys.12.88, etc. Adv. -νῶς, φέρειν Hdt.2.121. γ'; δ. καὶ ἀπόρως ἔχει μοι I am in dire straits, Antipho 1.1; δ. ἔχειν τῇ ἐνδείᾳ X.An.6.4.23; δ. διατεθῆναι τυπτόμενος Lys.3.27. II marvellously strong, powerful: δ. σάκος the mighty shield, Il.7.245; simply, wondrous, marvellous, strange, τὸ συγγενές τοι δεινὸν ἥ θ' ὁμιλία kin and social ties have strange power, A.Pr.39; δ. τὸ κοινὸν σπλάγχνον Id.Th.1036; δ. τὸ τίκτειν S.El.770; πολλὰ τὰ δ. κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου -ότερον πέλει. Id.Ant.333; δ. ἵμερος, ἔρως, Hdt.9.3, Pl.Tht.169c; οἶκτος S.Tr.298, etc.; δ. λέγεις πρᾶγμα Pl.Euthd. 298c; δ. γ' εἶπας, εἰ καὶ ζῇς θανών S.Aj.1127; freq. δεινὸν ἂν εἴη εἰ .. it were strange that... as E.Hec.592. Adv. -νῶς marvellously, exceedingly, δ. μέλαινα, ἄνυδρος, Hdt.2.76,149; δ. ἐν φυλακῇσι εἶναι Id.3.152; δ. πώς εἰμ' ἐπιλήσμων Metag.2, etc.: Comp. -οτέρως Sch. Min.Il.7.97. III clever, skilful, first in Hdt.5.23 ἀνὴρ δ. τε καὶ σοφός; of Odysseus, γλώσσῃ . . δεινοῦ καὶ σοφοῦ S.Ph.440, cf. OC806, Antipho 2.2.3, Lys.7.12; σοφὸς καὶ δ. Pl.Prt.341a; opp. σοφός, of practical ability, Id.Phdr.245c, Tht.164d; opp. ἰδιώτης, D.4.35: c. inf., δεινὸς εὑρεῖν A.Pr.59; δεινοὶ πλέκειν τοι μηχανὰς Αἰγύπτιοι Id.Fr.373; δ. λέγειν clever at speaking, S.OT545, etc.; δ. εἰπεῖν is rare, D.20.150; νόσος δ. φαγεῖν Ar.Nu.243; δ. πράγμασι χρῆσθαι D.1.3; αἱ εὐπραξίαι δ. συγκρύψαι τὰ ὀνείδη are wonderfully liable to... Id.2.20: c. acc., δ. τὴν τέχνην Ar.Ec.364; δ. περὶ τοὺς λόγους τοὺς εἰς τὰ δικαστήρια Pl.Euthd.304d; ἐς τὰ πάντα Ar.Ra.968; δ. περὶ τὸ ἀδικεῖν, περὶ Ὁμήρου, Pl.R.405c, Ion531a; δ. ἀμφί τι Arr.Tact.9.5; δ. κατὰ χειρουργίαν Ael.VH3.1; ἐν λόγοισι δ. Ὑπερείδης Timocl.4.7 (but also of the forcible, vehement, style in oratory, Demetr.Eloc.240, al.); in bad sense, over-clever, Pl.Euthphr.3c; δ. ὑπὸ πανουργίας Id.Tht.176d, cf. Arist.EN1144a27. (For δϝεινός, cf. Δϝενία, gen. of pr.n. Δεινίας, IG4.858.)