ὅτι χρὴ τοῦ μέλιτος ἄκρῳ δακτύλῳ, ἀλλὰ μὴ κοίλῃ χειρὶ γεύεσθαι → that honey should be tasted with the fingertip and not by the handful
deceive: P. and V. ἀπατᾶν, ἐξαπατᾶν, παράγειν, κλέπτειν, P. παρακρούεσθαι, γοητεύειν, Ar. and V. δολοῦν, V. φηλοῦν, παραπατᾶν, ἐκκλέπτειν; see cheat.
lead astray: P. and V. πλανᾶν.
mock, baffle: P. and V. σφάλλω, σφάλλειν.
