I.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.
sub -dŏlus , a, um, adj.,