ἀπάτη
ἐὰν ἐκπέσῃ τὸ σιδήριον καὶ αὐτὸς πρόσωπον ἐτάραξεν καὶ δυνάμεις δυναμώσει καὶ περισσεία τοῦ ἀνδρείου σοφία (Ecclesiastes 10:10, LXX version) → If the iron axe fails, and the man has furrowed his brow, he will gather his strength, and the redoubling of his manly vigor will be the wise thing.
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A trick, fraud, deceit, νῦν δὲ κακὴν ἀπάτην βουλεύσατο Il.2.114, cf. 4.168: in pl., wiles, οὐκ ἄρ' ἔμελλες . . λήξειν ἀπατάων, says Athena to Ulysses, Od.13.294, cf. Il.15.31; σκολιαὶ ἀπάται Pi.Fr.213. 2 guile, treachery, ἄταν ἀπάτᾳ μεταγνούς A.Supp.111, cf. S.OC230; ἀπάτης δικαίας οὐκ ἀποστατεῖ θεός A.Fr.301, cf. Pers.93; ἀ. ἐρώτων S.Ant.617; διαβολὴ καὶ ἀ. Antipho 6.7, etc.; ἀ. εὐπρεπής, opp. βία ἐμφανής, Th.4.86; ἢ βίᾳ ἢ ἀπάτῃ 2.39; ἀ. λεχέων a being cheated out of the marriage, S.Ant.630; ἄνευ δόλου καὶ ἀπάτης 'without fraud or covin', Hdt.1.69; μετὰ σκότους καὶ ἀ. Pl.Lg.864c. 3 Ἀπάτη, personified, Hes. Th.224, Luc.Merc.Cond.42. II beguiling of time, pastime (not Att., Moer.65), Plb.4.20.5; ψυχῆς Dicaearch.1.1; ψυχαγωγίαι καὶ ἀπάται τῆς πόλεως D.Chr.32.5. III as name of a plant, f.l. for ἀπάπη (q.v.).
