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Snare:
P. and V. πά̆γη, ἡ (Plat.).
Met., P. and V. ἀρκύ̆ς, ἡ (Plat.), δίκτυον, τό (Xen. also Ar.), βρόχος, ὁ (Plat.).
Trap:
P. θήρατρον, τό (Xen.); see snare.Met., V. ἀρκύ̆ς, ἡ, ἄγρευμα, τό ; see also net.
In the toils of justice:
V. τῆς δίκης ἐν ἕρκεσιν (Aesch. Ag. 1611).
In the midst of the toils: V
ἐν μέσοις ἀρκυστάτοις (Soph. El. 1476).
I drove him into the toils of woe:
V. εἰσέβαλλον εἰς ἕρκη κακά (Soph. Aj. 60).
Rushing into the meshes of the toils:
V. ἐσπεσοῦσα δικτύων βρόχους (Eur. Or. 1315).

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