βρίζα
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 rye, Secale cereale, in Thrace and Macedonia, Gal.6.514. (Probably a Thracian word, cognate with Lith. rugiai 'rye', Engl. rye, etc.) II Aeol. for ῥίζα, A.D. Adv.157.20, Greg.Cor.p.576 S.
German (Pape)
[Seite 464] ἡ, eine dem Rocken ähnliche Getreideart in Thracien u. Macedonien (Wrisa), Galen.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βρίζα: ἡ, σιτηρόν τι ἐν Θράκῃ καὶ Μακεδονίᾳ ἔτι καὶ νῦν καλούμενον οὕτω, τοῦ αὐτοῦ εἴδους μὲ τὸ καλούμενον τίφη, Γαλην. (Ἡ λέξις φαίνεται οὖσα Αἰολικὴ ἀντὶ τοῦ ῥίζα, Γρηγ. Κορ. σ. 576.)
French (Bailly abrégé)
ης (ἡ) :
sorte de blé ou de seigle (appelé encore aujourd’hui vrisa).
Étymologie: mot thrace ou macéd.