δελε-άζω,
(δέλεαρ) entice or catch by a bait, τὴν γραῦν δ. λεπαστῇ [[ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 45, compare 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.15.3; δ. τινὰς ἐπὶ πλεονεξίαν 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 6.10 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:— passive, γαστρὶ δελεάζεσθαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.4, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.34, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sent. Vat.” 16, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.14O.; ῥᾳστώνῃ καὶ σχολῇ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.45 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπὸ χρημάτων, ὑπὸ τῆς ἡδονῆς, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Apol.” 9, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 6.185a. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II with accusative cognate, νῶτον ὑὸς περὶ ἄγκιστρον δ. put it on the hook as a bait, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.70 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but δ. ἄγκιστρον ἰσχάδι bait it with a fig, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pisc.” 47; δ. ἄγκιστρον ἐπ᾽ ἄλλους to catch others. [prev. work] 48. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]