intrigue
πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
intrigue with: P. and V. πράσσειν (dat. or πρός, acc. or εἰς, acc.); see tamper with.
intrigue against: P. and V. ἐπιβουλεύειν (dat.).
be intrigued against: P. and V. ἐπιβουλεύεσθαι.
substantive
P. παρασκευή, ἡ, κατασκεύασμα, τό.
lobbying, canvassing: P. παραγγελία, ἡ.
party intrigue: P. παράταξις, ἡ.
be victim of intrigue: v.: P. καταστασιάζεσθαι (pass.), P. and V. ἐπιβουλεύεσθαι (pass.).
certain men of Eretria and of Oropus itself seconded the movement intriguing for the revolt of Euboea: P. συνέπραξαν Ἐρετριέων τε ἄνδρες καὶ αὐτῶν Ὠρωπίων ἐπιβουλεύοντες ἀπόστασιν τῆς Εὐβοίας (Thuc. 8, 60).
had there not been some intrigue afoot here with bribery: V. εἴ τι μὴ σὺν ἀργύρῳ ἐπράσσετ' ἐνθένδε (Soph., Oedipus Rex 124).
they had in their favour certain intrigues which were afoot on the spot in Argos: P. ὑπῆρχέ τι αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐκ τοῦ Ἄργους αὐτόθεν πρασσόμενον (Thuc. 5, 83).
