ἀλλόθροος

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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

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Full diacritics: ἀλλόθροος Medium diacritics: ἀλλόθροος Low diacritics: αλλόθροος Capitals: ΑΛΛΟΘΡΟΟΣ
Transliteration A: allóthroos Transliteration B: allothroos Transliteration C: allothroos Beta Code: a)llo/qroos

English (LSJ)

ον, contr. ἀλλό-θρους, ουν (as always in Trag.)

   A speaking a strange tongue, ἐπ' ἀλλοθρόους ἀνθρώπους, κατ' ἀλλοθρόους ἀνθρ., Od. 1.183, 3.302, 15.453: generally, foreign, στρατός Hdt.1.78 ; Αἴγυπτος Id.3.11 ; πόλις A.Ag.1200 ; strange, alien, γνώμη S.Tr.844.—Not in Att.Prose.