ἐπίβουλ-ος, ον,
plotting against, τοῖς [[ καλοῖς Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Symposium” 203d ] Refs 6th c.BC+]: absolutely, treacherous, [[ νόσοι Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Supplices” 587 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (Lyric poetry); of persons, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cyr.” 1.6.27, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Char.” 1.7; [θηρίον] (i.e. παῖς) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lg.” 808d; δεινὸς καὶ ἐ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. a deep designing fellow, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “fragment” 75.2; γένος Diphilus Comicus [{4-3rd c.BC}] 66.4; πίθηκον, ἐ. κακόν 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 115 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζῷα ἐ. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “HA” 488b16, 18; τὰ ἐ. τῶν ἀνθρώπων] Refs 4th c.BC+] creatures which prey on man, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.727f; τὰ ἐ. τῆς ψυχῆς 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Antro Nympharum - Porphyrii Opuscula” 34; ἐ. ἀνέμων “PMag.Leid.V.” 7.22 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]: comparative -ότερον, [[ ζῷον Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Theaetetus” 174d ] Refs 6th c.BC+]: superlative -ότατος [[Dio Chrysostomus Sophista [{1-2nd c.AD}] 10.7 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]. adverb [[ -λως, γίγνεσθαι 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 11.49, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.715b, etc.; πράσσειν 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 17.5.7 ] Refs 1st c.BC+].