διαβήτης
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, (διαβαίνω)
A compass, so called from its outstretched legs, Ar.Nu.178, Av.1003. 2 carpenter's or stonemason's rule, ξύσας ὀρθὸν πρὸς διαβήτην IG12(2).11.20 (Lesbos), cf. ib.2.1054.10, Pl.Phlb.56b, Plu.2.802f, Sch.Il.2.765. II siphon, Colum.3.10, HeroSpir.1.29. III Medic., the disease diabetes, Aret.SD2.2, Philagr. ap. Orib.5.19.9, Gal.8.394.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
διαβήτης: -ου, ὁ, (διαβαίνω) τὸ γνωστὸν ἐργαλεῖον κληθὲν οὕτως ἐκ τῶν διεστώτων αὐτοῦ σκελῶν, Λατ. circinus, Ἀριστοφ. Νεφ. 178, Ὄρν. 1003, Πλάτ. Φιλήβ. 56Β καὶ Πλουτ. 2. 802Ε. (Ἐν τοῖς δύο τελευταίοις χωρίοις πολλοὶ νομίζουσιν ὅτι σημαίνει τὴν στάθμην τῶν τεκτόνων (libella), ἀλλ' ἄνευ λόγου). ΙΙ. ὁ σίφων (τρούμπα), Λατ. diabetes, Columella 3. 10, Ἥρων Πνευμ. σ. 156. ΙΙΙ. ὡς ἰατρ. ὅρος, ἡ νόσος διαβήτης, Ἀρετ. π. Αἰτ. Χρον. Παθ. 2. 2.
