pitfall

From LSJ

κοιλία καὶ πολλὰ χωρεῖ κὠλίγα → Ut multa venter accipit, sic paucula → Der Bauch fasst wenig, aber ebenso auch viel

Menander, Monostichoi, 226

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substantive

ambush: P. ἐνέδρα, ἡ; see ambush.

trap: P. and V. δόλος, ὁ (rare P.).

snare (for beasts): P. and V. πάγη, ἡ (Plato), P. θήρατρον, τό (Xen.); see snare.

danger: P. and V. τὸ δεινόν, or pl.