σκανδαλιστής

English (LSJ)

οῦ, ὁ, prob.

   A acrobat who performed on a trapeze (σκάνδαλον), SIG847.5 (Delph., ii A.D.), v. Supp.Epigr.2.328. -ον, τό, trap or snare laid for an enemy, LXX Jo.23.13, 1 Ki.18.21, Ep.Rom.11.9, 1 Ep.Pet.2.7; prob. laid for animals, PCair.Zen.608.7 (iii B.C., written σκανδάνων, gen. pl.): metaph., stumbling-block, offence, scandal, Ev.Matt.18.7, Ev.Luc.17.1; σκάνδαλα ποιεῖσθαι PMasp.4.9 (vi A.D.).    II v. σκανδαλιστής.