ὦκα
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. Adv. of ὠκύς,
A quickly, swiftly, Il.1.402, 5.88, Od.6.317, etc.; strengthd., μάλ' ὦ. Il.2.52, Od.2.8, etc.; ὦ. μάλ' Il.17.190, al. 2 of Time, ὦ. δ' ἔπειτα immediately, Od.17.329, Il.18.527, al.:—Cleitorian (Arc.) word acc. to AB1096.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1408] poet. adv. zu ὠκύς, schnell, geschwind, eilig, behend; sehr häufig bei Hom., aber nicht bei den Tragg. S. Pors. Eur. Med. 799.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὦκα: ποιητ. ἐπίρρ. τοῦ ὠκύς, ὠκέως, ταχέως, Ἰλ. Α. 402, Ε. 88, Ὀδ. Ζ. 317, κλπ.· ἐπιτεταμ., μάλ’ ὦκα Ἰλ. Β. 52, Ὀδ. Β. 8, κλπ.· ὦκα μάλ’ Ἰλ. Ρ. 190, κ. ἀλλ. 2) ἐπὶ χρόνου, ὦκα δ’ ἔπειτα, ἀμέσως, εὐθύς, Ὀδ. Ρ. 329, Ἰλ. Σ. 527, κ. ἀλλ.· - οὐδέποτε παρὰ Τραγ., Πόρσ. εἰς Εὐρ. Μήδ. 736. (Ἐκ τοῦ ὠκύς, ὡς τὸ τάχα ἐκ τοῦ ταχύς.)
French (Bailly abrégé)
adv.
vite, avec rapidité ou agilité ; avec idée de temps tout de suite;
Sp. ὤκιστα.
Étymologie: ὠκύς.
