ἐλύω
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)
A roll round (cf. εἰλύω): only aor. 1 Pass., ῥυμὸς ἐπὶ γαῖαν ἐλύσθη the pole rolled to the ground, Il.23.393; προπάροιθε ποδῶν Ἀχιλῆος ἐλυσθείς rolled up, crouching before Achilles' feet, 24.510, cf. A.R.3.281, 1.1034; λασίην ὑπὸ γαστέρ' ἐλυσθείς coiled close up... Od. 9.433; ἔρως ὑπὸ καρδίην ἐλυσθείς Archil.103. II in later Ep., = εἰλύω, wrap up, cover, ἐνὶ κτερέεσσιν ἐλυσθείς shrouded in them, A.R. 1.254; ἐν πηλοῖσιν ἐλυσθείς Opp.C.3.418, cf. H.2.89; διὰ φλογὸς εἶθαρ ἐ. A.R.3.1313.
German (Pape)
[Seite 803] winden, krümmen, nur in dem aor. ἐλύσθην; ῥυμὸς ἐπ ὶ γαῖαν ἐλύσθη, fuhr gegen die Erde, wurde gegen die Erde gebeugt, Il. 23, 393; sonst nur Partic. ἐλυσθείς, gekrümmt, sich krümmend, wälzend; προπάροιθε ποδῶν Ἀχιλῆος ἐλ. 24, 510; ὑπὸ γαστέρ' ἐλ., unter den Bauch gekrümmt, geschmiegt, Od. 9, 433; sp. D.; ἔρως ὑπὸ καρδίαν ἐλ, ins Herz geschmiegt, Archil. frg. 69; ἐν ψαμάθοισι καὶ ἐν πηλοῖσιν ἐλ., darin versenkt, versteckt, Opp. C. 3, 418, vgl. Hal. 2, 89; ἐν κτερέεσσιν ἐλ., eingehüllt, Ap. Rh. 1, 254; ὁ δ' ἐν ψαμάθοισιν ἐλυσθείς, hingestreckt, 1, 1034. Vgl. εἰλύω.
