πᾰγίς, ίδος, ἡ,
(πήγνυμι) ={πάγη}, trap, [[ Batrachomyomachia 117, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 458, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.109 (Antip.); παγίδας ἱστάναι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 527 (_anapaest meter_), compare 194. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, trap, snare, of women, [[ 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 23, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 689 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; δουρατέα π., of the Trojan horse, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 9.152 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus)] Refs 6th c.AD+]; τοῖς ἄρτοις.. ἱστᾶσι παγίδας they try to 'raise the wind', [[ 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 66 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of women's ornaments, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 666. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II ἄγκυρα νεῶν π. the anchor which holds ships fast, [[ Anthologia Graeca 6.5 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]