The corpus record

παλ-εύω

paleuo

act as decoy-birds

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What it meant — LSJ

act as decoy-birds, to be decoyed

act as decoy-birds, Ar. Av. 1083, 1087:—Pass., of a bird, to be decoyed, Philostr. Im. 2.33.

II decoy, entrap

metaph., π. τινά decoy, entrap, Plu. Adul. 2.52b, Sull. 28, etc.; π. τινὰ τοῖς ἀφροδισίοις Philostr. VA 4.25: abs., Ph. 1.654.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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