ἀρή
From LSJ
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)
[ᾰ], ἡ,
A bane, ruin, ἀρὴν ἑτάροισιν ἀμύνειν Il.12.334; ἀρῆς ἀλκτῆρα γενέσθαι 18.100; ἀρὴν καὶ λοιγὸν ἀμῦναι 24.489, cf. Od.2.59; so in A.Supp.84 (lyr.), where the gloss of the Sch., βλάβης, confirms the reading ἀρῆς for ἄρης. (Cf. pf. part. ᾱρημένος = βεβλαμμένος, and pr. n. Ἄρης (cf. Corn.ND20), perh. also ἄρος, ἀρειά, ἐπήρεια; perh. an old ē stem.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 349] ἡ, ion. u. ep. = ἀρά.
