κεπφόω

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Ἒστιν ὃ μὲν χείρων, ὃ δ' ἀμείνων ἔργον ἕκαστον· οὐδεὶς δ' ἀνθρώπων αὐτὸς ἅπαντα σοφός. (Theognis 901f.) → One is worse, the other better at each deed, but no man is wise in all things.

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Transliteration A: kepphóō Transliteration B: kepphoō Transliteration C: kepfoo Beta Code: kepfo/w

English (LSJ)

ensnare like a κέπφος:—hence in Pass., to be easily cajoled, LXXPr.7.22; become feather-brained, Cic.Att.13.40.2.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κεπφόω: ἐξαπατῶ, παγιδεύω εὐκόλως τινὰ ὡς κέπφος, Ἐπιφάν. τ. 1, σ. 234C· ― Παθ., εὐκόλως ἐξαπατῶμαι, Ἑβδ. (Παροιμ. 7. 22), Κικ. π. Ἀττ. 13. 40.

French (Bailly abrégé)

-ῶ :
troubler l'esprit ; Pass. se laisser troubler, agir comme un sot.
Étymologie: κέπφος.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

κεπφόω: морочить, обманывать Cic.