trick, fraud, deceit,
ἀπᾰ́τ-η,ἡ,
A. trick, fraud, deceit,
νῦν δὲ κακὴν ἀπάτην βουλεύσατο
Il. 2.114
, cf. 4.168 : in pl.,wiles, οὐκ ἄρ' ἔμελλες . . λήξειν ἀπατάων,says Athena to Ulysses, Od. 13.294 , cf. Il. 15.31 ; σκολιαὶ ἀπάται
Pi. Fr. 213
.
2. guile, treachery,
ἄταν ἀπάτᾳ μεταγνούς
A. Supp. 111
, cf. S. OC 230 ; ἀπάτης δικαίας οὐκ ἀποστατεῖ θεός
A. Fr. 301
, cf. Pers. 93 ; ἀ. ἐρώτων
S. Ant. 617
; διαβολὴ καὶ ἀ.
Antipho 6.7
, etc.;ἀ. εὐπρεπής,opp.βία ἐμφανής,
Th. 4.86 ; ἢ βίᾳ ἢ ἀπάτῃ
2.39
;ἀ. λεχέων a being cheated out ofthe marriage, S. Ant. 630 ;ἄνευ δόλου καὶ ἀπάτης'without fraud orcovin',
Hdt. 1.69 ; μετὰ σκότους καὶ ἀ.
Pl. Lg. 864c
.
3. Ἀπάτη,personified, Hes. Th. 224 , Luc. Merc.Cond. 42 .
II. beguilingof time,pastime(not Att. , Moer. 65 ), Plb. 4.20.5 ; ψυχῆς
Dicaearch. 1.1
; ψυχαγωγίαι καὶ ἀπάται τῆς πόλεως
D.Chr. 32.5
.
III. as name of a plant, f.l. for ἀπάπη (q.v.).
