κόβᾱλ-ος,ὁ,
A. impudent rogue, arrant knave, Ar. Eq. 450 , Ra. 1015 , Pl. 279 , D.C. 53.3 ; of Midias, Phryn. Com. 4 : in pl.,mischievous goblins, invoked by rogues, Ar. Eq. 635 ; of the owl, κ. καὶ μιμητής
Arist. HA 597b23
.
II. Adj. κόβαλα,τά ,knavish tricks, rogueries, Ar. Eq. 417 , Ra. 104 ; ὕβριστον ἔργον καὶ κ.
Pherecr. 162
. (For the orig. sense cf.κοβαλεύω.)