trick
From LSJ
αὐτόχειρες οὔτε τῶν ἀγαθῶν οὔτε τῶν κακῶν γίγνονται τῶν συμβαινόντων αὐτοῖς → for not with their own hands do they deal out the blessings and curses that befall us
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. and V. ἀπάτη, ἡ, δόλος, ὁ (rare P.), στροφή, ἡ, σόφισμα, τό, μηχάνημα, τό, μηχαναί, αἱ, V. τέχνη, ἡ, τέχνημα, τό, πλοκαί, αἱ, Ar. and P. κλέμμα, τό, πάλαισμα, τό, Ar. and V. τέχνασμα, τό (also Xen.); see also artifice.
Play tricks, v.: Ar. and P. τεχνάζειν.
Sport: P. and V. παίζειν.
Play tricks on: use P. and V. παίζειν πρός (acc.).
v. trans.
P. and V. ἀπατᾶν, ἐξαπατᾶν, κλέπτειν, Ar. and P. φενακίζειν, P. παρακρούεσθαι, Ar. and V. δολοῦν, V. φηλοῦν, παραπατᾶν, ἐκκλέπτειν; defraud, baffle.
