κλέπτω: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to [[steal]], [[filch]], [[purloin]], Hom., etc.; τῆς γενεῆς ἔκλεψε from that [[breed]] [[Anchises]] stole, i. e. stole foals of that [[breed]], Il.; [[σῶμα]] κλ. to let it down [[secretly]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> in [[part]]. act. [[thievish]], [[κλέπτον]] βλέπει he has a [[thief]]'s [[look]], Ar.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> to [[cozen]], [[cheat]], [[deceive]], [[beguile]], Il., Hes., etc.:—Pass., προβαίνει κλεπτόμενος he goes on blindfold, Hdt.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> like [[κρύπτω]], to [[conceal]], [[keep]] [[secret]], [[disguise]], Pind., Soph., Eur., etc.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> to do [[secretly]] or [[treacherously]], κλ. σφαγάς to [[perpetrate]] [[slaughter]] [[secretly]], Soph.; κλ. μύθους to [[whisper]] [[malicious]] rumours, Soph.; κλέπτων ἢ βιαζόμενος by [[fraud]] or [[force]], Plat.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[seize]] or [[occupy]] [[secretly]], Xen.