ἐξαγγελία
πεσούσης νυκτός, πάσα γυνὴ Λαΐς εστί → at nightfall, every woman is a Laïs | all cats are gray at night | all cats are gray by night | all cats are gray in the dark | all cats are grey at night | all cats are grey by night | all cats are grey in the dark | all women look the same with the lights off | when lights are out all women look the same
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A secret information sent out to the enemy, X.Cyr.2.4.23(pl.). II expression, of style, Longin.Rh.p.186H.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐξαγγελία: ἡ, τὸ ἐξαγγέλειν, ἐπὶ κατασκόπων ἐν καιρῷ πολέμου, τοὺς μὲν ἂν συλλαμβάνοντες αὐτῶν κωλύοιεν τῶν ἐξαγγελιῶν Ξεν. Κύρ. 2. 4. 23. ΙΙ. = ἀπαγγελία, ἐπὶ ὕφους, Λογγῖνος ἐν Ἀποσπ. 8. ΙΙΙ. ἐπὶ ἐξομολογήσεως = ἐξαγόρευσις, Σωφρόνιος 3365Α, Στουδ. 1712Β.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
avis secret envoyé (à l’ennemi).
Étymologie: ἐξαγγέλλω.