subdolus

Latin > English

subdolus subdola, subdolum ADJ :: sly, deceitful, treacherous

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sub -dŏlus: a, um, adj.,
I somewhat crafty, cunning, sly, subtle, deceptive, or deceitful (mostly ante - class. and post - Aug.; syn.: fallax, astutus): homo et sycophanta et subdolus, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 72; id. Mil. 2, 4, 2; id. Men. 3, 2, 24; id. Aul. 2, 5, 8; id. Poen. 5, 2, 129: ut viro subdola sies, memento, id. Cas. 4, 4, 5: subdola adversus senem, id. Ep. 2, 3, 13: jugurtha, cognitā vanitate legati, subdolus ejus augere amentiam, Sall. J. 38, 1: occultus ac subdolus fingendis virtutibus, Tac. A. 6, 51.—Transf., of things: animus audax, subdolus, varius, Sall. C. 5, 4: subdolus ac versutus animus, Vell. 2, 102, 1: mendacia, Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 5: perfidia, id. Mil. 3, 3, 68: oratio, * Caes. B. G. 7, 31: lingua, Ov. A. A. 1, 598: modestia, Tac. A. 6, 20 et saep.: pellacia ponti, Lucr. 2, 560; 5, 1003; cf.: ea loci forma incertis vadis subdola et nobis adversa, Tac. H. 5, 14: tendit rete subdolum turdis, Mart. 3, 58, 26.—Adv.: subdŏlē, somewhat craftily, cunningly, or deceitfully: subdole blanditur, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 12: nihil subdole, nihil versute, Cic. Brut. 9, 35.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

subdŏlus,¹¹ a, um, rusé en dessous, astucieux, fourbe, artificieux : Pl. Aul. 334, etc. ; Sall. C. 5, 4 ; J. 38, 1 ; Tac. Ann. 6, 51 || subdola oratio Cæs. G. 7, 31, paroles artificieuses ; subdola placidi pellacia ponti Lucr. 2, 559, la séduction traîtresse des flots apaisés.

Latin > German (Georges)

sub-dolus, a, um, heimtückisch, hinterlistig, schleichend, trügerisch, v. Pers., Plaut., Sall. u.a.: verb. occultus ac subdolus, Tac., subdolus et occultior, Aur. Vict. – v. lebl. Subj., animus audax, subdolus, varius, Sall.: subdolus ac versutus animus, Vell.: oratio, Caes.: rete, Mart.: loci forma, Tac.