κόβαλος
From LSJ
πρὸς ἀλέξησιν τραπομένους → preparing to defend themselves
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A impudent rogue, arrant knave, Ar.Eq.450, Ra.1015, Pl.279, D.C.53.3; of Midias, Phryn. Com.4: in pl., mischievous goblins, invoked by rogues, Ar.Eq.635; of the owl, κ. καὶ μιμητής Arist.HA597b23. II Adj. κόβαλα, τά, knavish tricks, rogueries, Ar.Eq.417, Ra.104; ὕβριστον ἔργον καὶ κ. Pherecr.162. (For the orig. sense cf. κοβαλεύω.)
