διαβολή
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.
English (LSJ)
ἡ, (διαβάλλω v)
A false accusation, slander, Epich.148; ἐπὶ διαβολῇ εἰπεῖν Hdt.3.66,73; δ. λόγου Th.8.91; διαβολὰς ἐνδέχεσθαι, προσίεσθαι, to give ear to them, Hdt.3.80, 6.123; διαβολὰς ἔχειν ὡς .. to have it slanderously said that... Isoc.8.125; ὀνείδους καὶ δ. τυγχάνειν Lys.25.6; ἐνδ. καθεστηκέναι ibid.; διαλύσειντὴνδ. Th.1.131: of charges not necessarily false or malicious, δ. ταῖς ἐμαῖς the accusations which I bring, E.Andr.1005, cf. Isoc.1.17; τὰ πρὸς διαβολὴν κυροῦντα tending to discredit, Plb.12.15.9, cf. 2.11.4; ἐμὴ δ. prejudice against me, Pl. Ap.19b; δ. εἰς ἐμέ And.1.30; δ. καθ' αὑτοῦ παρέσχεν Plu. Them.4, cf. Phryn.Com.58; opp. δόξα, ill-repute, Men.723; δ. λῦσαι καὶ ποιῆσαι remove, create prejudice against an antagonist, Arist.Rh.1415a27; δ. ἀπολύεσθαι D.H.6.59. II (διαβάλλω 111) quarrel, enmity, κατὰ τὰς ἰδίας δ. Th.2.65; ἡ πρὸς τὸ συγγενὲς δ. Plu.2.479b; ἡ πρὸς θάνατον δ. fear, aversion from it, ib.110a: c. gen., δ. τοῦ πάθους ib.456b; εἰς διαβολήν τινος to withstand them, LXX Nu.22.32. III (διαβάλλω v111) legal obligation(?), Leg.Gort.9.35. IV fraud, Sch.Ar.Pl. 373.
