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φενακιστής

From LSJ

Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c
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Full diacritics: φενᾱκιστής Medium diacritics: φενακιστής Low diacritics: φενακιστής Capitals: ΦΕΝΑΚΙΣΤΗΣ
Transliteration A: phenakistḗs Transliteration B: phenakistēs Transliteration C: fenakistis Beta Code: fenakisth/s

English (LSJ)

φενακιστοῦ, ὁ, = φέναξ (cheat, quack, impostor), Phld.Piet.27, Sch.Ar.Ach.88.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1261] ὁ, = φέναξ, Sp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

φενᾱκιστής: -οῦ, ὁ, = φέναξ, «φενακιστὴν αὐτὸν κωμῳδεῖ» Σχόλ. εἰς Ἀριστοφ. Ἀχ. 88· «ὁ βασιλεὺς φενακιστὴν θέλων αὐτὸν ἐλέγξαι» Κ. Μανασσ. Χρον. 2105.

Greek Monolingual

ο, ΝΜΑ φενακίζω
απατεώνας.

Translations

cheat

Arabic Moroccan Arabic: غشّاش‎, غشّاشة‎; Bulgarian: измамник, мошеник; Catalan: trampós; Chinese Mandarin: 騙子/骗子, 作弊者; Dutch: bedrieger; Finnish: huijari; French: menteur, tricheur, tricheuse; Georgian: მოღალატე, გამყიდველი; Greek: απατεώνας; Ancient Greek: ἀπατεών, γάσος, διαμευτής, ἠπεροπευτής, ἱστιορράφος, κλέπτης, κρουσιμέτρης, παραλογιστής, σοφιστής, φενακιστής, φέναξ, φηλήτης, φιλήτης, φρυνώνδειος, ψεύστης; Hungarian: csaló, szélhámos; Irish: séitéir, bithiúnach; Italian: imbroglione, truffatore, pelagatti; Latin: fraudator; Macedonian: измамник, илеџија; Maori: kaipurei tāhae; Norwegian: juksepave; Polish: oszust, oszustka, zdrajca, zdrajczyni; Portuguese: trapaceiro, batoteiro; Russian: обманщик, обманщица, мошенник, мошенница; Sanskrit: धूर्त; Spanish: tramposo; Swedish: skojare, fuskare; Ukrainian: шахрай, обманщик; Walloon: tructeu, tructeuse, frawtineu, frawtineuse