σκολιότης
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
English (LSJ)
ητος, ἡ,
A crookedness, σ. τῆς καμπῆς, of a Parthian bow, Plu.Crass.24: in pl., the windings of a stream, Str.10.2.19; of windings generally, Id.12.8.15. II metaph., inequality, σκολιότητα ἔχειν to be unequally affected, Hp.Acut. (Sp.) 22. 2 of men, crookedness, dishonesty, LXX Ez.16.5.
German (Pape)
[Seite 902] ητος, ἡ, Krümmung, Biegung, Windung, Schiefe, καμπῆς, Plut. Crass. 24; übertr., Unredlichkeit, Tücke, LXX. u. a. Sp.
