wile

From LSJ

Τί κοινότατον; ἐλπίς. καὶ γὰρ οἷς ἄλλο μηδέν, αὕτη πάρεστι → What is most common? Hope. For those who have nothing else, that is always there.

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

P. and V. ἀπάτη, ἡ, δόλος, ὁ (rare P.), στροφή, ἡ, σόφισμα, τό, V. τέχνη, ἡ; see trick.

cunning, craft: P. and V. πανουργία, ἡ, Ar. πυκνότης, ἡ.