snare
snare
subs.
P. and V. πά̆γη, ἡ (Plat.).
Net: P. and V. ἄρκῠς, ἡ (Plat.), δίκτυον, τό (Xen. also Ar.), βρόχος, ὁ (Plat.); see also net, trap, toils.
Trap: P. θήρατρον, τό (Xen.). Met., P. and V. δόλος, ὁ (rare P.), σόφισμα, τό, ἀ̆πά̆τη, ἡ.
Ambush: P. ἐνέδρα, ἡ, V. λόχος, ὁ.
Lay a snare for: P. ἐνεδρεύειν (acc.), ἐλλοχᾶν (acc.), V. λοχᾶν (acc.).
subs.
P. and V. πά̆γη, ἡ (Plat.).
Net: P. and V. ἄρκῠς, ἡ (Plat.), δίκτυον, τό (Xen. also Ar.), βρόχος, ὁ (Plat.); see also net, trap, toils.
Trap: P. θήρατρον, τό (Xen.). Met., P. and V. δόλος, ὁ (rare P.), σόφισμα, τό, ἀ̆πά̆τη, ἡ.
Ambush: P. ἐνέδρα, ἡ, V. λόχος, ὁ.
Lay a snare for: P. ἐνεδρεύειν (acc.), ἐλλοχᾶν (acc.), V. λοχᾶν (acc.).
snare
v. trans.
P. and V. αἱρεῖν, Ar. and P. συμποδίζειν ; see also deceive.
Lie in wait for: P. ἐνεδρεύειν (acc.), V. λοχᾶν (acc.).
v. trans.
P. and V. αἱρεῖν, Ar. and P. συμποδίζειν ; see also deceive.
Lie in wait for: P. ἐνεδρεύειν (acc.), V. λοχᾶν (acc.).
SNARE
PROP. Anything set to catch an animal a gin a noose laqueus (a sling etc.). To lay a snare laqueum ponere also with “venandi causa”: to fall or get into a snare in laqueum or laqueos cadere: to have fallen into a snare in laqueis haerere († all three also IMPROP.):
ImPROP. insidiae (trap): laquei (snares traps). ☞ Decipula or decipulum = “gin trap ” never occur in the proper meaning and they are either ante- or post-classical. To lay a snare insidiari: for anybody insidias alicui tendere ponere; insidiis petere aliquem; dolum alicui nectere (to deceive to defraud): to entice anybody into a snare in fraudem pellicere aliquem: to get or fall into a snare in insidias incidere: I am falling into the snare which I have laid for others eadem capior via qua alios captabam: to have fallen into the snare laqueis irretitum teneri: to catch as it were in a snare velut indagine capere.
PROP. Anything set to catch an animal a gin a noose laqueus (a sling etc.). To lay a snare laqueum ponere also with “venandi causa”: to fall or get into a snare in laqueum or laqueos cadere: to have fallen into a snare in laqueis haerere († all three also IMPROP.):
ImPROP. insidiae (trap): laquei (snares traps). ☞ Decipula or decipulum = “gin trap ” never occur in the proper meaning and they are either ante- or post-classical. To lay a snare insidiari: for anybody insidias alicui tendere ponere; insidiis petere aliquem; dolum alicui nectere (to deceive to defraud): to entice anybody into a snare in fraudem pellicere aliquem: to get or fall into a snare in insidias incidere: I am falling into the snare which I have laid for others eadem capior via qua alios captabam: to have fallen into the snare laqueis irretitum teneri: to catch as it were in a snare velut indagine capere.
snare (v.):
I. Lit.: illăqueo, 1: v.TO ENSNARE . Usu. expr. by verb and subs.: e. g. laqueis captare, pedicas ponere, etc. (v. SNARE , subs., I.). Join: to s. wild animals with nooses, birds with lime, laqueis captare feras et fallere visco, Virg. G. 1, 139: to be s.d (or caught) in the lasso (of a bull), validis haerere in laqueis, Prop. 3, 32 (2, 34), 48.
II. Fig.:
1. illăqueo, 1.
2. irrētio, 4: v.TO ENTANGLE , ENSNARE .
I. Lit.: illăqueo, 1: v.
II. Fig.:
1. illăqueo, 1.
2. irrētio, 4: v.
snare (subs.):
I. Lit.:
1. lăquĕus, i, m. (a noose): to capture wild animals in s.s, captare feras laqueis, Virg. G. 1, 139: v.NOOSE .
2. pĕdĭca, f. (a gin, springe): to place s.s (or springes) for cranes, gruibus p. ponere, Virg. G. 1, 307: Liv. 21, 36, fin.
3. plăga, f. (a hunting-net): to drive a wolf into the s.s, compellere in plagas lupum (v. l. Lycum), Pl. Poen. 3, 3, 35: to lay s.s, tendere, ponere p. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68: to fall into a s., incidere (sc. in plagas), ib.: v.NET (subs.). [For to entice into a s., v. TO DECOY .]
II. Fig.:
1. lăquĕus, i, m.: to entangle one in s.s (or traps) of questions, interrogationum laqueis aliquem irretire, Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 43: cf. l. Stoicorum, id. Tusc. 5, 27, 76, and pass.: to lay s.s for a rival, rivali l. disponere, Ov. A. A. 2, 595: to fall into a s., cadere in l., ib. 3, 591: cf. in l. se induere, Pl. Cas. 1, 25: Cic.: to put one's neck into a s., collum in l. inserere, Cic. Verr. 4, 17, 37: to escape from a s., se expedire ex l., id. 2, 42, 102.
2. plăga: to contrive s.s (of the Stoics), p. texere, Cic. Acad. 2, 48, 147 (see alsoTO SNARE , II.).
3. fŏvea: to deceive by a s., fovea decipere, Pl. Poen. 1, 1, 59.
4. casses, ium, m. (lit., hunting-nets: v.NET ): Tib. 1, 6, 5.
5. rēte, is, n. (v.NET ): r. amoris, Lucr. 4, 1141.
6. indāgo, ĭnis, f. (lit., an encircling with nets): to catch, so to speak, in a s., velut indagine capere, Tac. A. 13, 42, fin.
7. insĭdiae, arum, f.: to contrive s.s, i. parare, comparare, tendere, collocare, ponere, struere, Caes.: componere, Tac.: Prop.: Tib.: disponere, Quint.: (v.AMBUSH , STRATAGEM ). Phr.: full of s.s, insidiosus, Cic.: Ov.: Plin.: to lay s.s against, insidiari (with dat.): v. AMBUSH, TO LIE IN , AMBUSH : is it unjust that your enemies should fall into the s. they have laid for you? (injurium est) qua via te (adversarii) captent, eadem ipsos capi? Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16 (see also supr. II., 1). [For to entice into a s., v. TO ALLURE , INVEIGLE , SEDUCE .]
I. Lit.:
1. lăquĕus, i, m. (a noose): to capture wild animals in s.s, captare feras laqueis, Virg. G. 1, 139: v.
2. pĕdĭca, f. (a gin, springe): to place s.s (
3. plăga, f. (a hunting-net): to drive a wolf into the s.s, compellere in plagas lupum (v. l. Lycum), Pl. Poen. 3, 3, 35: to lay s.s, tendere, ponere p. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68: to fall into a s., incidere (sc. in plagas), ib.: v.
II. Fig.:
1. lăquĕus, i, m.: to entangle one in s.s (
2. plăga: to contrive s.s (of the Stoics), p. texere, Cic. Acad. 2, 48, 147 (see also
3. fŏvea: to deceive by a s., fovea decipere, Pl. Poen. 1, 1, 59.
4. casses, ium, m. (lit., hunting-nets: v.
5. rēte, is, n. (v.
6. indāgo, ĭnis, f. (lit., an encircling with nets): to catch, so to speak, in a s., velut indagine capere, Tac. A. 13, 42, fin.
7. insĭdiae, arum, f.: to contrive s.s, i. parare, comparare, tendere, collocare, ponere, struere, Caes.: componere, Tac.: Prop.: Tib.: disponere, Quint.: (v.
appearing fewer than 50 times
βροχίςa small snare (dim. of βρόχος); an ink-horn
πάγη
snare, noose, trap
παγίδευμα
snare, enticement
παγίδιον
snare, gin
ποδοστράβη
a snare
σκελισμός
snare
ὀρνιθοπέδη
a snare for birds