κόβαλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[impudent rogue]], [[arrant knave]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>450</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ra.</span>1015</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pl.</span>279</span>, <span class="bibl">D.C.53.3</span>; of Midias, Phryn. Com.4: in pl., [[mischievous goblins]], invoked by rogues, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>635</span>; of the owl, κ. καὶ μιμητής <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>597b23</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Adj. <b class="b3">κόβαλα, τά</b>, [[knavish tricks]], [[rogueries]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>417</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ra.</span>104</span>; ὕβριστον ἔργον καὶ κ. <span class="bibl">Pherecr.162</span>. (For the orig. sense cf. [[κοβαλεύω]].)</span>