sneak
sneak
v. intrans.
Use Ar. and P. σῡκοφαντεῖν.
Lie hid: P. καταδεδυκέναι (perf. of καταδύειν), V. κεύθειν, κεκευθέναι.
Sneak away: P. ὑπεξέρχεσθαι; see slip away.
v. intrans.
Use Ar. and P. σῡκοφαντεῖν.
Lie hid: P. καταδεδυκέναι (perf. of καταδύειν), V. κεύθειν, κεκευθέναι.
Sneak away: P. ὑπεξέρχεσθαι; see slip away.
sneak
subs.
Use Ar. and P. σῡκοφάντης, ὁ ; see also traitor.
subs.
Use Ar. and P. σῡκοφάντης, ὁ ; see also traitor.
SNEAK
v. repere: serpere. To sneak off or away clam se subducere.
v. repere: serpere. To sneak off or away clam se subducere.
s. homo occultus tectus (Cic.): tenebrio (Varr.).
sneak (v.):
1. corrēpo, psi, tum, 3 (to creep or slink to a place): to s. into some merchant-vessel, c. in aliquam onerariam, Cic. Att. 10, 12, 2.
2. dērēpo, 3 (to s. down): the cat s.s down to the lair of the bristly sow, (feles) d. ad cubile setosae suis, Phaedr. 2, 4, 12. Also with acc.: bears s. down a tree backwards, ursi arborem aversi d., Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130.
3. obrēpo, 3 (to steal upon unawares): with what light footsteps do cats s. towards birds, feles quam levibus vestigiis o. avibus, Plin. 10, 73, 94, § 202: cf. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 3, Cratippus saepe inscientibus nobis o. Also frequent. obrepto, Pl. Pers. 1, 2, 27: v.TO STEAL UPON .
4. arrēpo, irrēpo, 3 (fig.: to steal into one's good graces): v.TO INSINUATE , INGRATIATE , CREEP (IV.). (N.B.--Repo and serpo to be avoided, not being precise enough, and best rendered by to crawl, to creep.)
1. corrēpo, psi, tum, 3 (to creep or slink to a place): to s. into some merchant-vessel, c. in aliquam onerariam, Cic. Att. 10, 12, 2.
2. dērēpo, 3 (to s. down): the cat s.s down to the lair of the bristly sow, (feles) d. ad cubile setosae suis, Phaedr. 2, 4, 12. Also with acc.: bears s. down a tree backwards, ursi arborem aversi d., Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130.
3. obrēpo, 3 (to steal upon unawares): with what light footsteps do cats s. towards birds, feles quam levibus vestigiis o. avibus, Plin. 10, 73, 94, § 202: cf. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 3, Cratippus saepe inscientibus nobis o. Also frequent. obrepto, Pl. Pers. 1, 2, 27: v.
4. arrēpo, irrēpo, 3 (fig.: to steal into one's good graces): v.
sneak (subs.): expr. by adj. (v. SNEAKING ): to play the s. (v. TO SNEAK , SNEAK TO , SNEAK ABOUT , CRINGE ), obsequio grassari, Hor. S. 2, 5, 93: or expr. by circuml. (cf. qui quidvis perpetiantur, cuivis deserviant, dum quod velint consequantur, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109).