subdolus

sub-dŏlus, a, um, adj., somewhat crafty, cunning, sly, subtle, deceptive, or deceitful (mostly ante - class. and post - Aug.;

syn.: fallax, astutus): homo et sycophanta et subdolus,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 72; id. Mil. 2, 4, 2; id. Men. 3, 2, 24; id. Aul. 2, 5, 8; id. Poen. 5, 2, 129:

ut viro subdola sies, memento,

id. Cas. 4, 4, 5:

subdola adversus senem,

id. Ep. 2, 3, 13:

jugurtha, cognitā vanitate legati, subdolus ejus augere amentiam,

Sall. J. 38, 1:

occultus ac subdolus fingendis virtutibus,

Tac. A. 6, 51.— Transf., of things:

animus audax, subdolus, varius,

Sall. C. 5, 4:

subdolus ac versutus animus,

Vell. 2, 102, 1:

mendacia,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 5:

perfidia,

id. Mil. 3, 3, 68: oratio, * Caes. B. G. 7, 31:

lingua,

Ov. A. A. 1, 598:

modestia,

Tac. A. 6, 20 et saep.:

pellacia ponti,

Lucr. 2, 560; 5, 1003; cf.:

ea loci forma incertis vadis subdola et nobis adversa,

Tac. H. 5, 14:

tendit rete subdolum turdis,

Mart. 3, 58, 26.— Adv.: subdŏlē, somewhat craftily, cunningly, or deceitfully:

subdole blanditur,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 12:

nihil subdole, nihil versute,

Cic. Brut. 9, 35.