tamper with
From LSJ
κακῆς ἀπ΄ἀρχῆς γίγνεται τέλος κακόν. → from a bad beginning comes a bad end (Euripides' Aeolus fr. 32)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
meddle with: P. and V. ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), κινεῖν (acc.), V. ψαύειν (gen.), ἐπιψαύειν (gen.), θιγγάνειν (gen.), ἐκκινεῖν (acc.).
tamper with (persons) intrigue with: P. and V. πράσσειν (dat. or πρός, acc. or εἰς, acc.).
suborn: P. παρασκευάζειν, κατασκευάζειν.
intrigue with (things); P. παρασκευάζειν (acc.), κατασκευάζειν (acc.), σκευωρεῖσθαι (acc.).
tamper with (the laws): P. λυμαίνεσθαι (acc.), μεταποιεῖν (acc.) (Dem. 268).