trick

Θνητὸς πεφυκὼς τοὐπίσω πειρῶ βλέπειν → Homo natus id, quod instat, ut videas, age → Als sterblich Wesen mühe dich zu seh'n, was folgt

Menander, Monostichoi, 249

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.