ἀλωπεκ-ίζω · alōpek-izō — LSJ
play the fox
play the fox, οὐκ ἔστιν ἀλωπεκίζειν Ar. V. 1241; ἄλλοις ἀλωπέκιζε τοῖς ἀπειρήτοις Babr. 95.64: prov., ἀ. πρὸς ἑτέραν ἀλώπεκα ‘Greek meets Greek’, Zen. 1.70.
II overreach
trans., overreach, Hsch.
The corpus record
ἀλωπεκ-ίζω
alopekizo
play the fox
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Where it lives
- Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- ἀλωπεκίζειν · alōpekizein Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 913)
Where it came from
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