ἐγκοπή
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 incision, Gal.7.38; fracture of skull, Sor.Fract.3, cf. Heliod. ap. Orib.46.12.1. 2 steps cut in the wall of wells, etc., Ael.Dion.Fr. 90. II hindrance, οἴησις προκοπῆς ἐ. Heraclit. 131, cf. Phld.D.3.6, 1 Ep.Cor.9.12, Vett. Val.2.7 (pl.); material obstacle, D.S.1.32; interruption, check, τῆς ἁρμονίας D.H. Comp.22; τοῦ λόγου Aristid.Rh.2p.514S., cf. Iamb.Protr.21; κατ' ἐγκοπάς disjointedly, Longin.41.3.
German (Pape)
[Seite 709] ἡ, der Einschnitt, Suid.; bes. in den Knochen, Galen.; übertr., der Anstoß, das Hinderniß, Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐγκοπή: ἡ, ἐντομή, Εὐστ. 1404. 56, Γαλην. ΙΙ. ἐμπόδιον, κώλυμα, Ἐπιστ. π. Κορινθ. Α. θ΄, 12· διακοπή, τῆς ἁρμονίας Διον. Ἁλ. περὶ Συνθ. 22· κατ’ ἐγκοπάς, συγκεχυμένως, Λογγῖν. 41.
