πέδον
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)
τό, (πούς)
A ground, earth, first in h.Cer.455 (πέδονδε is used in Hom.) : freq. in later Poetry, Pi.O.10.46, P.1.28, etc. ; χθονὸς π. A.Pr.1 ; γῆς π. Ar.Nu.573 (lyr.) ; π. κελεύθου στρωννύναι A.Ag. 909. 2 of a particular site, esp. of sacred ground (poet. and used only in sg.), Ζηνὸς εὐθαλὲς π., of Nemea, B.8.5 ; Κρισαῖον π. S. El.730 ; Αλοξίου π. A.Ch. 1036 ; Παλλάδος κλεινὸν π., i.e. the Acropolis, Ar.Pl.772 ; ἁγνὸν ἐς Θήβης π. Eub. 10, cf. 66 ; πέδον c. gen. loci periphr. for the place itself, Εὐρώπης π. A.Pr.734 ; Λήμνου. S.Ph. 1464 (anap.), etc. 3 with a Prep., νεύειν ἐς π. Id.Ant.441 ; πρὸς πέδῳ βαλεῖν, κεῖσθαι, A.Fr.183, S.OT180 (lyr.). 4 πέδῳ on the ground, to earth, h. Cer. 455 ; πεσόντος αἵματος π. A.Ch.48 (lyr.), cf. Eu.263 (lyr.), 479, S.El.747 ; ῥίπτειν πέδῳ E.IA39 (anap.), cf. Or. 1433, 1440 (both lyr.) ; πέδῳ σκήψασα A.Pr.749 ; πέδοι shd. perh. be read for πέδῳ in Trag., as also for πέδον in the phrases πέδον πατεῖν, πέδον πατεῖσθαι, A.Ag. 1357, Ch.643 (lyr.).
