κλοπ-ή, ἡ,
(κλέπτω) theft, ἁρπαγῆς τε καὶ κλοπῆς δίκη [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 534: _plural_, [prev. work] 402 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1175; κλοπῆς δίκη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 322a; ἱερῶν κλοπῆς δυοῖν ταλάντοιν γεγραμμένος 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.6, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 444, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 5d (_plural_); κλοπῆς ὀφλεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.74; ἐπὶ κλοπῇ χρημάτων ἀποκτείνειν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.25; κ. τῶν θησαυρῶν “PAmh.” 2.79.63 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σκεῦος.. ἐκφέρειν ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ ἐπὶ κλοπήν [[ “SIG” 997.5 (from Smyrna)] Refs]; κλοπῆς ἐν ταῖς εὐθύναις ἑάλωκεν [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.112, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 54.2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 32 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to ἁρπαγή, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 941b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of authors, plagiarism, [[ 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus cited in 4th c.AD: Eusebius Caesariensis Scriptor Ecclesiasticus “Praeparatio Evangelica” 10.3. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II secret act or transaction, fraud, κλέπτουσα μύθοις κλοπάς [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 100; πράγματος μεγάλου κ. 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.57 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κλοπῇ by stealth or fraud, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1025, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1254 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποδοῖν κλοπὰν ἀρέσθαι, i.e. to steal away, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 246 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]