trap

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. θήρατρον, τό (Xen.).

snare: P. and V. πάγη, ἡ (Plato), Ar. παγίς, ἡ.

net: P. and V. ἄρκυς, ἡ (Plato), δίκτυον, τό (Xen. also Ar.), βρόχος, ὁ (Plato); see also toils. Met., P. and V. δόλος, ὁ (rare P.), ἀπάτη, ἡ, σόφισμα, τό.

ambush: P. ἐνέδρα, ἡ, V. λόχος, ὁ.

lay a trap for, v.: P. ἐνεδρεύειν (acc.), ἐλλοχᾶν (acc.), V. λοχᾶν (acc.).

shall I set the same trap for her? V. ἀλλ' ἦ τὸν αὐτὸν τῇδ' ὑποστήσω δόλον; (Euripides, Electra 983).

verb transitive

P. and V. αἱρεῖν, P. συμποδίζειν; see also deceive, catch.

lie in wait for: P. ἐνεδρεύειν (acc.), V. λοχᾶν (acc.).

newly-trapped, adj., V. νεαίρετος.

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