intrico

ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

in-trīco: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. 1. in-tricor,
I to entangle, perplex, embarrass (mostly ante- and post-class.).
I Of persons: Chrysippus intricatur hoc modo, Cic. Fragm. ap. Gell. 6, 2: lenonem intricatum dabo, will entangle, embarrass him, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 9.—
II Of things: ita intricavit hanc rem temeritas, Afran. ap. Non. 8, 27: peculium, Dig. 15, 1, 21.

intrīcō, ātum, āre (tricæ), tr., embrouiller, empêtrer, embarrasser : Pl. Pers. 457 ; Cic. d. Gell. 6, 2