αἴσυλος
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)
ον,
A unseemly, evil, godless, αἴσυλα ῥέζων Il.5.403 (cf. αἴσιμος) μυθήσασθαι 20.202; οἶδε h.Merc.164, cf. AP7.624 (Diod.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
αἴσῠλος: -ον, ἀπρεπής, κακός, ἀσεβής, ἀντιτίθεται τῷ αἴσιμος: αἴσυλα ῥέζων, Ἰλ. Ε. 403· μυθήσασθαι, Υ. 202· οἶδεν, Ὕμ. Ὁμ. εἰς Ἑρμ. 164· Ἀνθ. Π. 7. 624. (ὁ Pott., Et. Forsch 1. 272, νομίζει ὅτι εἶναι ἀντὶ ἀΐσυλος = ἄϊσος).
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
impie, criminel.
Étymologie: p. *ἀ-Ϝαι-συλος, de αἶσα ; selon d’autres, de ἀ, ἶσος = lat. iniquus.
English (Autenrieth)
evil, neut. pl. with ῥέζειν, μῦθήσασθαι.
Spanish (DGE)
(αἴσῠλος) -ον
impío αἴσυλα ῥέζων Il.5.403, μυθήσασθαι Il.20.202, οἶδε h.Merc.164, λέξαι AP 7.624 (Diod.).
• Etimología: Etim. desconocida; muy dudosa la rel. c. αἶσα.
