μόγις
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)
Aeol. μύγις Jo.Gramm.Comp.3.10: Adv., (μόγος)
A with toil and pain, i. e. hardly, scarcely, Il.9.355, Od.3.119, Hdt.1.116, Ev.Luc.9.39, etc.; μ. ἀνεκτοί Lys.22.10; μ. παρειποῦσ' A.Pr.131 (lyr.); μ. πολλῷ πόνῳ Id.Pers.509; τὸν μ. Ἀττικόν Pl.Com.31; πάνυ μ. Pl. Prt.360d; μ. πως Id.Chrm.155e; μ. καὶ κατ' ὀλίγον Charito 1.8; βίᾳ καὶ μ. Pl.Phd.108b.—Cf. the post-Hom. μόλις: μόλις is rare in Att. Prose, exc. in Pl., where it is commoner than μόλις; both forms in codd. of Th. [ῑ metri gr., Il.22.412.]
German (Pape)
[Seite 196] mit Anstrengung, mit Mühe, kaum; μόγις δέ μευ ἔκφυγεν ὁρμήν, Il. 9, 355; μόγις δ' ἐσαγείρατο θυμόν, 21, 417; μόγις δ' ἐτέλεσσε Κρονίων, Od. 3, 119; Aesch. Prom. 131 Pers. 501; Eur. κατεῖπ' ἀναγκασθεὶς μόγις, Ion 1215; Ar. Lys. 328; Her. 1, 116; bei Thuc. 1, 11 u. sonst schwankt die Lesart; βίᾳ καὶ μόγις οἴχεται ἀγομένη, Plat. Theaet. 160 e; ξυνέφη μόγις, Rep. I, 346 c; Euthyd. 282 d haben alle mss. μόλις διὰ μακρῶν λεγόμενον, wie Ax. 368 b u. Sp., z. B. Pol. 30, 2, 4. – [Ι ist Il. 22, 412 in der Vershebung lang gebraucht.]
