piece of subtlety
piece of subtlety: metaph., of men, π. ὅλον Ar. Av. 431, cf. Aeschin. 2.40, Luc. Pseudol. 32; λόγων τι π. καὶ κακὴ γλῶσσα Aeschrio 8.8.
The corpus record
παιπᾰλ-ημα
paipalema · τό
piece of subtlety
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
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