διάβολ-ος,ον,
A. slanderous, backbiting,
γραῦς
Men. 878
, cf. Phld. Lib. p.24O. : Sup.
-ώτατος
Ar. Eq. 45
;διάβολόν τι, aliquid invidiae,
And. 2.24 ; τὸ δ.
Plu. 2.61d
.
II. Subst.,slanderer,
Pi. Fr. 297 , Arist. Top. 126a31 , Ath. 11.508d ;enemy,
LXX Es. 7.4 , 8.1 : hence,= Sâtân,ib. 1
Chr. 21.1 ;the Devil,
Ev.Matt. 4.1 , etc.
III. Adv.