subdolus

sub -dŏlus, a, um, adj.,

• 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 (1032); id. Mil. 2, 4, 2 (355); id. Men. 3, 2, 24 (489); id. Aul. 2, 5, 8 (334); id. Poen. 5, 2, 129 (1089): ut viro subdola sies, memento, id. Cas. 4, 4, 5 (818): subdola adversus senem, id. Ep. 2, 3, 13 (318): 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 (520): perfidia, id. Mil. 3, 3, 68 (942): 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 (234): nihil subdole, nihil versute, Cic. Brut. 9, 35.

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.

subdolus [CL] 1 deceitful, cunning, intending to deceive; b (of animal). habet Britannia ‥ clericos sed raptores ~os Gildas EB 66; deceptor, fraudator ‥ ~us Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 468; puella ‥ quoniam innocens credit omni verbo ‥ juvenem ‥ ~um ‥ sequebatur Sim. Glasg. V. Kentig. 2; ~orum versutias ac perfidorum fraudes Ric. Hex. Stand. f. 38b; sicut ‥ borealis Hibernie bellica, sic semper australis gens ~a. illa laudis, hec fraudis cupida Gir. EH II 20 p. 350; mulier avara et ~a ‥ viros persequebatur, tendens eis muscipulas muliebres V. II Off. 23.  b vulpeculas ‥ ~as Gildas EB 6. 2 (n. sg. abl. ~o as adv.) craftily, deceitfully. 1463 quod cuidam veteri sigillo domini ‥ regis ‥ per glutinem ‥ novam scripturam falso, ~o et nequiter supposuisset MunAcOx 700. 3 (of act, attitude, or sim., esp. of cunning or deception) intended to deceive; b (w. ref. to Satan's wiles). c (of something apparently good) deceptive, false. de pelice fraudulenta Samsonis quae ~a ‥ persuasione sinagogae tipum praetulit Aldh. PR 115; jam nescio utrum ~a simulatione prioribus tuis sermonibus melius crederetur, quibus multimoda argumentatione veritatem impugnare probaris Alcuin Dogm. 187D; 933 ~a cavillatione deceptus CS 694; quam ~a semper in insontes perfidorum calliditas Byrht. HR 3 p. 7; tergiversationes ~as et fraudes quibus contra fideles callent Ord. Vit. IX 15 p. 598; adulatoria et ~a [ME: sweokele] consilia AncrR 99.  b non vos subripiat ~a fraus insidiatoris Ord. Vit. VI 9 p. 80; exterminator angelus ‥ et magis ~as et acriores et crebriores facit immissiones H. Bos. Thom. III 13; fallaces et ~as suggestiones illius ‥ repuli V. Edm. Rich C 595; calidissimus insidiator ‥ voce ~a bajulum salutis se similans Mir. Hen. VI III 110 p. 197.  c cum ~a benignitate invitantis Natura Deorum 51. 4 (of thing) fake, not genuine, counterfeit. [ars dialectica] est ‥ sicut illud in quo aurum examinatur et argentum. ut ‥ per illud ~um et bonum internoscitur argentum vel aurum ‥ ita per dialecticam rectum a pravo ‥ discernitur Petrus Peripat. 98. 5 (in gl.). ~us ‥ dolosus GlC S 626; 9‥ fraudulenta, i. ~a, facenful GlH F 689.

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.

sub-dolus adj.,

• crafty, cunning, sly, subtle, deceptive, deceitful: animus, S.: oratio, Cs.: lingua, O.: loci forma, Ta.