trick
From LSJ
μηδὲν κοτυλίζειν, ἀλλὰ καταπάττειν χύδην → not to sell by the cupful, but to dole out indiscriminately | not to sell by retail but wholesale
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
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.
play tricks on: use P. and V. παίζειν πρός (acc.).
verb transitive
P. and V. ἀπατᾶν, ἐξαπατᾶν, κλέπτειν, Ar. and P. φενακίζειν, P. παρακρούεσθαι, Ar. and V. δολοῦν, V. φηλοῦν, παραπατᾶν, ἐκκλέπτειν; defraud, baffle.
