subdolus
ἑλλέβορον ἤδη πώποτ' ἔπιες → did you ever drink hellebore at any point, did you ever drink hellebore, have you ever taken medication for mental illness, are you mad, you are mad, what are you on
Latin > English
subdolus subdola, subdolum ADJ :: sly, deceitful, treacherous
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sub -dŏlus: a, um, adj.,
I somewhat crafty, cunning, sly, subtle, deceptive, or deceitful (mostly ante - class. and post - Aug.; syn.: fallax, astutus): homo et sycophanta et subdolus, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 72; id. Mil. 2, 4, 2; id. Men. 3, 2, 24; id. Aul. 2, 5, 8; id. Poen. 5, 2, 129: ut viro subdola sies, memento, id. Cas. 4, 4, 5: subdola adversus senem, id. Ep. 2, 3, 13: jugurtha, cognitā vanitate legati, subdolus ejus augere amentiam, Sall. J. 38, 1: occultus ac subdolus fingendis virtutibus, Tac. A. 6, 51.—Transf., of things: animus audax, subdolus, varius, Sall. C. 5, 4: subdolus ac versutus animus, Vell. 2, 102, 1: mendacia, Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 5: perfidia, id. Mil. 3, 3, 68: oratio, * Caes. B. G. 7, 31: lingua, Ov. A. A. 1, 598: modestia, Tac. A. 6, 20 et saep.: pellacia ponti, Lucr. 2, 560; 5, 1003; cf.: ea loci forma incertis vadis subdola et nobis adversa, Tac. H. 5, 14: tendit rete subdolum turdis, Mart. 3, 58, 26.—Adv.: subdŏlē, somewhat craftily, cunningly, or deceitfully: subdole blanditur, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 12: nihil subdole, nihil versute, Cic. Brut. 9, 35.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
subdŏlus,¹¹ a, um, rusé en dessous, astucieux, fourbe, artificieux : Pl. Aul. 334, etc. ; Sall. C. 5, 4 ; J. 38, 1 ; Tac. Ann. 6, 51 || subdola oratio Cæs. G. 7, 31, paroles artificieuses ; subdola placidi pellacia ponti Lucr. 2, 559, la séduction traîtresse des flots apaisés.
Latin > German (Georges)
sub-dolus, a, um, heimtückisch, hinterlistig, schleichend, trügerisch, v. Pers., Plaut., Sall. u.a.: verb. occultus ac subdolus, Tac., subdolus et occultior, Aur. Vict. – v. lebl. Subj., animus audax, subdolus, varius, Sall.: subdolus ac versutus animus, Vell.: oratio, Caes.: rete, Mart.: loci forma, Tac.
