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ἐξαπατάω

exapatao

deceive

Appears 15 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐξαπατάω, Ep. iter. ἐξαπάτασκον Ar. Pax 1070 (hexam.):—Pass., fut. -απατηθήσομαι Pl. Grg. 499c; but -απατήσομαι in pass. sense, X. An. 7.3.3:—Α. deceive or beguile, deceive thoroughly, εἴτινά που . . ἔτι ἔλπεται ἐξαπατήσειν Il. 9.371, cf. Od. 9.414, Pi. O. 1.29, Hdt. 1.153, Ar. V. 901, etc.; ἐ. τινὰ φρένας Id. Pax 1099 (hexam.); ἐ. καὶ φενακίζειν D. 21.204; seduce a woman, Hdt. 2.114: c. dupl. acc., ἐ. τινά τι in a thing, X. Cyr. 3.1.19; also ἐ. ἐπὶ τοῖς ἰδίοις συμβολαίοις Isoc. 10.7; περὶ σαυτὸν ποιεῖσθαι . . ἐφʼ οἷς ἐξαπατᾷς ἔλεον surround yourself with compassion for your swindling tricks, D. 21.196; ἐ. τινὰ ὡς . . cheat him into believing that . ., X. An. 5.7.6, cf. Pl. Cra. 413d; ἐ. νόσον beguile or assuage it, Luc. Nigr. 7:—Pass., ὡς ἐξαπατηθείς Hdt. 9.94; ἐνόμιζον ἐξηπατῆσθαι Th. 5.42; ᾔδει ὑπὸ τῆς μητρυιᾶς ἐξαπατωμένη Antipho 1.19; τὸ δεῖπνον ἐξαπατώμενος Ar. V. 60; ἐ. ἀπάτην Plot. 2.9.6:—Med. like Act., f.l. in Pl. Cra. 439c.

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