ἀνδίκτης
From LSJ
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ, for ἀναδίκτης (ἀναδικεῖν),
A catch of a mousetrap, Call.Fr.233.
German (Pape)
[Seite 216] (ἀναδίκω), ὁ, Mausefalle, Callim. frg. 233 bei Poll. 10, 34.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀνδίκτης: -ου, ὁ, ἀντὶ ἀναδίκτης (ἀναδικεῖν), «τὸ ἀναρριπτόμενον τῆς μυάγρας ξύλον» Ἡσύχ., ὅπερ καὶ ῥόπτρον λέγεται· κατὰ Σουΐδαν ὅμως καὶ Ἐτυμ. Μ. ὁ ἀνδίκτης ἦτο εἶδος παγίδος· πρβλ. καὶ Καλλιμ. Ἀποσπ. 233.
