ἐκτέμνεσθαί τινας φιλανθρωπίᾳ → disarm and deceive by kindness
circum-tentus: a, um, Part. tendo,I bound or covered with something that is stretched or drawn around, begirt (anteand post-class.): elephanti corio, * Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 80: vasculum linteolis, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17, 174.