δελεάζω

English (LSJ)

(δέλεαρ)

   A entice or catch by a bait, τὴν γραῦν δ. λεπαστῇ Antiph.45, cf. Hdn.2.15.3; δ. τινὰς ἐπὶ πλεονεξίαν Onos.6.10:— Pass., γαστρὶ δελεάζεσθαι X.Mem.2.1.4, cf. Isoc.8.34, Epicur.Sent. Vat.16, Phld.Lib.p.14O.; ῥᾳστώνῃ καὶ σχολῇ D.18.45; ὑπὸ χρημάτων, ὑπὸ τῆς ἡδονῆς, Luc.Apol.9, Jul.Or.6.185a.    II c. acc. cogn., νῶτον ὑὸς περὶ ἄγκιστρον δ. put it on the hook as a bait, Hdt. 2.70; but δ. ἄγκιστρον ἰσχάδι bait it with a fig, Luc.Pisc.47; δ. ἄγκιστρον ἐπ' ἄλλους to catch others. ib.48.