prevaricate
From LSJ
τὸ γὰρ εὖ πράττειν παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν ἀφορμὴ τοῦ κακῶς φρονεῖν τοῖς ἀνοήτοις γίγνεται → undeserved success engenders folly in unbalanced minds
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
P. and V. ὑποστέλλεσθαι; (Euripides, Orestes 607), P. διακρούεσθαι, Ar. and P. στρέφεσθαι.