sneak
From LSJ
καὶ οἱ ἀμαθέστατοι τῶν ἰατρῶν τὸ αὐτὸ σοὶ ποιοῦσιν, ἐλεφαντίνους νάρθηκας καὶ σικύας ἀργυρᾶς ποιούμενοι καὶ σμίλας χρυσοκολλήτους: ὁπόταν δὲ καὶ χρήσασθαι τούτοις δέῃ, οἱ μὲν οὐδὲ ὅπως χρὴ μεταχειρίσασθαι αὐτὰ ἴσασιν → the most ignorant of doctors do the same as you, getting themselves ivory containers, silver cupping instruments, and gold-inlaid scalpels; but when it's time to use those things, they haven't the slightest notion of how to handle them
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
Use Ar. and P. συκοφαντεῖν.
lie hid: P. καταδεδυκέναι (perf. of καταδύειν), V. κεύθειν, κεκευθέναι.
sneak away: P. ὑπεξέρχεσθαι; see slip away.
substantive
Use Ar. and P. συκοφάντης, ὁ; see also traitor.
