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λάθρῃ

lathre

secretly, by stealth

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 57 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

λάθρῃ · lathrēi — LSJ

secretly, by stealth, treacherously, imperceptibly

secretly, by stealth, ὁ δέ οἱ παρελέξατο λάθρῃ Il. 2.515; ἀνήρ, ὃς ἐμίσγετο λάθρῃ Od. 15.430; λάθρῃ κτείναντες treacherously, 17.80; ἀλλά τε λάθρῃ γυῖα βαρύνεται imperceptibly, Il. 19.165: in Trag. and Att., S. Aj. 1137, OT 386, Ar. Ra. 746, Th. 4.39, Pl. R. 347b, etc.

2 unknown to

c. gen., λάθρῃ τινός unknown to one, λάθρῃ Λαομέδοντος Il. 5.269; λάθρῃ τῶν ἄλλων στρατηγῶν Hdt. 8.112, cf. 9.90, S. OT 787, OC 354, Ar. V. 347, X. An. 1.3.8.—Freq. written λάθρα, λάθρη in codd. and Pap., but λάθραι (i.e. λάθρᾳ) in UPZ 19.28 (ii B. C.) and in some of the best codd., as the Laurentian of Sophocles, also in POxy. 16 of Th. l.c. (i A. D.):—other forms are λάθρα, h.Cer. 240, E. Fr. 1132.28; λαθρηδόν, AP 7.202 (Anyt.); λαθρηδά, Luc. Cal. 21; λαθρηδίς, Hdn.Gr. 1.512 (-δως (sic), Cyr.)

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Where it came from

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