ἀποχή
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
English (LSJ)
ἡ, (ἀπέχω)
A distance, Phld.Rh.1.168S., Ptol.Geog.1.11.2, al. II abstinence, Phld.Ind.Sto.67, cf. Piet.36, Arr.Epict.2.15.5; ἀ. τροφῆς Plu.Demetr.38; ἐμψύχων Porph.Abst.tit. III receipt, quittance, PTeb.11.14(ii B. C.), BGU1116.41(i B. C.), AP11.233 (Lucill.), Ulp. ap. Dig.46.4.19, etc.: metaph., ἡ τελευταία ἀ., title of work by Zos.Alch.p.239B.
German (Pape)
[Seite 336] (ἀπέχω), ἡ, 1) der Abstand, Ptolem – 2) Quittung (wodurch man nach Zahlung der Schuld die Schuldverschreibung zurück erhält), Sp., vgl. Lucill. 105 (XI, 233). – 3) Enthaltsamkeit, Plut. Dem. 38; Epict.
