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văfer , fra, frum, adj.,
I.sly, cunning, crafty, artful, subtle (class.; “syn.: callidus, versutus): (hominis) non aperti, non simplicis, non ingenui, non justi, non viri boni, versuti potius, obscuri, astuti, fallacis, malitiosi, callidi, veteratoris, vafri,Cic. Off. 3, 13, 57: “in disputando vafri,id. Rep. 3, 16, 26 (cited ap. Non. 19, 33); Afran. ap. Non. 20, 3; Hor. S. 1, 3, 130; 2, 5, 24; id. C. 3, 7, 12; Ov. H. 20, 30: lingua, Pompon. ap. Non. 19, 32: “jus,Hor. S. 2, 2, 131: “Flaccus,Pers. 1, 116; 1, 132: “ars,Mart. 12, 61, 3: “mores Hannibalis,Val. Max. 7, 3, ext. 8: “vafra et fallaciosa argumenta,Gell. 7, 3, 34. —Comp., Hier. Ep. 38, 5.—Sup.: “Stoicorum somniorum vaferrimus interpres,Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 39: “interrogationes,Sen. Ep. 48, 5.—Adv.: ^frē , slyly, cunningly, artfully: “nihil sane vafre nec malitiose facere conatus est,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 132: “tam vafre Telluri impressum osculum,Val. Max. 7, 3, ext. 2.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.2.132
    • Horace, Satires, 2.2.131
    • Horace, Satires, 1.3.130
    • Cicero, De Republica, 3.16
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.15
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.13
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 48.5
    • Persius, Saturae, 1
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 7.3
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