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τοῖς οἰκείοις βουλεύμασιν ἁλίσκεσθαι → hoist by one's own petard, hoist with one's own petard, hoist on one's own petard, hoisted by one's own petard, be hoist with one's own petard

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Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

lītŏtēs, ētos, f. (λιτότης), litote, [rhét.] : Prisc.