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διάβολος

διάβολος, slanderous, backbiting

διάβολ-ος, ον,
  • slanderous, backbiting, γραῦς Men. 878, cf. Phld. Lib. p.24 O.: Sup. -ώτατος Ar. Eq. 45; διάβολόν τι, aliquid invidiae, And. 2.24; τὸ δ. Plu. Adul. 2.61d.
    • II Subst., slanderer, Pi. Fr. 297, Arist. Top. 126a31, Ath. 11.508d; enemy, LXX Es. 7.4, 8.1: hence, = Sâtân, ib. 1Chr. 21.1; the Devil, Ev.Matt. 4.1, etc.
    • III Adv. -λως injuriously, invidiously, Th. 6.15; χρῆσθαί τινι Procop. Arc. 2.

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