ἐξώστης
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)
ου, ὁ,
A one who drives out, Ἄρης E.Rh.322. 2 ἐ. ἄνεμοι violent winds which drive ships ashore (cf. ἐξωθέω 11), Hdt.2.113, Hp.VM9, Aeschin.Ep.1.3. 3 ὁ ἐ. (sc. σφυγμός), term coined by Archig. ap. Gal.8.662. 4 = ἐξώστρα 111, Cod.Just.8.10.12.5b (pl.), Gloss.
German (Pape)
[Seite 891] ὁ, der Herausstoßende, ἄνεμοι, die von dem rechten Wege abtreiben, Her. 2, 113 u. Sp.; Ἄρης Eur. Rhes. 322.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐξώστης: -ου, ὁ, ἐπὶ ἀνέμων, σφοδρός, ὁρμητικός, ὁ ἐξωθῶν τοῦ εὐθέος δρόμου ἐν θαλάσσῃ καὶ παραφέρων τοὺς πλέοντας, ὡς ἐγένοντο ἐν τῷ Αἰγαίῳ ἐξῶσται ἄνεμοι ἐκβάλλουσι ἐς τὸ Αἰγύπτιον πέλαγος Ἡρόδ. 2. 113, Ἱππ. π. Ἀρχ. Ἰητρ. 11· ζάλη δὲ καὶ ἄνεμος ἐξώστης ἐμπεσὼν ἐπήνεγκεν ἡμᾶς ὑπὲρ Κρήτην Αἰσχίν. Ἐπιστ. 659 ἐν τέλει. 2) μεταφ., ὁ ἐκδιώκων, ὁ καταστρέφων, ἡνίκ’ ἐξώστης Ἄρης ἔθραυε λαίφη τῆσδε γῆς μέγας πνέων Εὐρ. Ρῆσ. 322. 3) ἐξώστης, «μπαλκόνι», ὡς καὶ νῦν, Ἁρμενόπ. 2. 32., ἐλέγετο καὶ ἡλιακός, αὐτόθι 52.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου;
adj. m.
qui repousse : ἐξώστης ἄνεμος HDT vent contraire et violent.
Étymologie: ἐξωθέω.
