ἡμιέργαστος
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)
ἡμιέργαστον, half-wrought, half-completed, ὕλη Gal.5.538:—also ἡμιεργής, ές, Luc.Astr.5, and ἡμί-εργος, ον, ἔμβρυον Hp.Mul.1.78; (αἷμα) Gal.5.535; of buildings, IG12.372.5; τεῖχος ἡ. μετῆκε Hdt.4.124, cf. Th.7.2, J.AJ14.16.2, Plu.2.841d.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἡμιέργαστος: -ον, = ἡμίεργος, ὗλαι Γαλην. Δογμ. Ἱππ. 1, 527 (Müller).
Greek Monolingual
ἡμιέργαστος, -ον (Α)
κατειργασμένος κατά το ήμισυ, ημιτελής.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ημι- + -έργαστος (< εργάζομαι), πρβλ. αν-επ-εξ-έργαστος, α-κατ-έργαστος].