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λαθρ-αῖος

lathraios

secret, clandestine

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

λαθρ-αῖος · lathr-aios — LSJ

secret, clandestine, secret, secret

secret, clandestine, ἄτη λ. A. Ag. 1230; εἰσδέδεγμαι πημονὴν . . λαθραῖον, of a person, S. Tr. 377; λ. ὃς ἀσκεῖ κακά practises secret frauds, ib. 384, cf. Arist. EN 1131a6; λ. ὠδίς one born in secret child-birth, E. Ion 45; λ. θάνατον ἐπιβουλεύειν τινί And. 4.15; λ. Κύπρις Eub. l.c.: Comp. λαθραιότερον, γένος Pl. Lg. 781a.

II

Adv. -αίως A. Pr. 1077 (anap.), E. El. 26, etc.: Sup., ὡς μάλιστα δύνανται λαθραιότατα Antipho 1.28.

2 clam matre

λ. τῆς μητρός clam matre, f.l. for λάθρᾳ in Alciphr. 3.27.

3 involuntarily, without obvious cause

involuntarily, οὖρα . . προϊόντα λ. Hp. Coac. 136; without obvious cause, λ. τελευτῶσι Id. Prorrh. 1.128.

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