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λάθρᾳ

λά̄̆θρᾳ [λανθάνω]
🄰 adv. furtively, on the sly Il. 2.515, al. Od. 15.430, al. Aristoph. Th. 91 etc. | ἐμὲ λάθρῃ κτείναντες killing me by treachery Od. 17.80 | λάθρῃ γυῖα βαρύνεται little by little, my limbs become heavy Il. 19.165; αὐτούς … λάθρῃ ἐπὶ πύργον κατεῖσε he secretly brought them up on the tower Hdt. 4.79.5 | also in Att. prose Aristot. Pol. 1311a 16, al. Thphr. Ch. 1.2 etc.; λάθρᾳ πέμπων sending (a message) on the sly Xen. Hel. 2.4.35

🄱 unbeknownst τινος to s.o. Il. 5.269 Aristoph. Ve. 347 Xen. An. 1.3.8 etc.; λ. τῶν ἄλλων στρατηγῶν with the other generals not knowing Hdt. 8.112.3; λ. δὲ μητρὸς καὶ πατρός unbeknownst to my mother and father Soph. O.T. 787

● epic and Ion. λάθρῃ, often written -ρα or -η |0 in codd. and pap. λάθρᾰ Hom. 2.240.

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