ῥαίω
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)
poet. subj.
A ῥαίῃσι Od.5.221: fut. ῥαίσω (διαρ-) 2.49; Ep. inf. ῥαισέμεναι (v.l. ῥαίσεσθαι) 8.569: aor. ἔρραισα, subj. ῥαίσῃ 23.235:— Pass., fut. (in med. form) ῥαίσομαι (διαρ-) Il.24.355: aor. ἐρραίσθην 16.339:—break, shiver, shatter, ῥ. νῆα wreck a ship, Od.8.569, 13.151, 23.235; ῥ. τινά cause one to suffer shipwreck, 5.221:—in Pass., ῥαιόμενος suffering shipwreck, 6.326; νηῦς ῥαισθεῖσα A.R.2.1112; also φάσγανον ἐρραίσθη it was shivered, Il.16.339; τῷ κέ οἵ ἐγκέφαλός γε διὰ σπέος . . ῥαίοιτο πρὸς οὔδεϊ his brain would be dashed on the ground throughout the cavern, Od.9.459; so αἰὼν δι' ὀστέων ἐρραίσθη the marrow spurted through the bones, Pi.Fr.111. II generally, destroy, A.R.1.617:—Pass., to be broken down, crushed by suffering, ὅταν . . ῥαισθῇ A.Pr.191, AP7.529 (Theodorid.), etc. (anap.), cf. S.Tr.268.
German (Pape)
[Seite 833] aor. pass. ἐῤῥαίσθην, zerstören, zerbrechen, zertrümmern; νῆα, Od. 5, 221. 23, 235 u. öfter, das Schiff scheitern lassen; dah. ῥαιόμενος, der Gescheiterte, Schiffbrüchige, 6, 326, wo darauf folgt ὅτε μ' ἔῤῥαιε Ἐννοσίγαιος; φάσγανον ἐῤῥαίσθη, Il. 16, 339; ἐγκέφαλος ῥαίοιτο διὰ σπέος πρὸς οὔδεϊ, möchte sein Gehirn durch die Höhle hin gegen den Boden geschmettert werden, Od. 9, 459, αἰὼν ἐῤῥαίσθη, Pind. frg. 77, 3; übh. ins Verderben stürzen, ὅταν ταύτῃ ῥαισθῇ, Aesch. Prom. 189; δοῦλος ἀνδρὸς ὡς ἐλευθέρου ῥαίοιτο, Soph. Trach. 267; Hesych. erkl. φθείροιτο, geplagt, gemißhandelt werden; sp. D.: ναῦς ῥαισθεῖσα, An. Rh. 2, 1113, tödten, 1, 617; u. in der Anth.
