δυσωπία
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,
A confusion of face, shamefacedness, Phld.Lib. p.24 O., Ph.2.603 (pl.), Plu.2.95b; false modesty, ib.528e, al.; cause for shame, ib.707e, Cic.Att.13.33.2; δυσωπίαν habere, to have an ugly look, ib.16.15.2; τὰς δ. (v.l. δυστροπίας) τὰς ἐν τοῖς διαπορηθεῖσι dub. in Ph.1.330.
German (Pape)
[Seite 692] ἡ, (übertriebene) Schamhaftigkeit, s. Plut. περὶ δ., de vitioso pudore.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δυσωπία: ἡ, καταισχύνη, ἐντρόπιασμα, ὑπερβολική αἰδώς, ὡς γὰρ τὴν κατήφειαν ὁρίζονται λύπην κάτω βλέπειν ποιοῦσαν, οὕτω τὴν αἰσχυντηλίαν μέχρι τοῦ μηδ' ἀντιβλέπειν τοῖς δεομένοις ὑπείκουσαν δυσωπίαν ὠνόμασαν Πλούτ. 2. 95Β·- αἰτία ἐντροπῆς, αὐτόθι 707D.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
trouble du visage ; fausse honte.
Étymologie: δυσωπέω.
