διαβολή

A. false accusation, slander, Epich. 148; ἐπὶ διαβολῇ εἰπεῖν Hdt. 3.66,73; δ. λόγου Th. 8.91; διαβολὰς ἐνδέχεσθαι, προσίεσθαι, to give ear to them, Hdt. 3.80, 6.123; διαβολὰς ἔχειν ὡς . . to have it slanderously said that . ., Isoc. 8.125; ὀνείδους καὶ δ. τυγχάνειν Lys. 25.6; ἐνδ. καθεστηκέναι ibid.; διαλύσειντὴνδ. Th. 1.131: of charges not necessarily false or malicious, δ. ταῖς ἐμαῖς the accusations which I bring, E. Andr. 1005, cf. Isoc. 1.17; τὰ πρὸς διαβολὴν κυροῦντα tending to discredit, Plb. 12.15.9, cf. 2.11.4; ἐμὴ δ. prejudice against me, Pl. Ap. 19b; δ. εἰς ἐμέ And. 1.30; δ. καθ’ αὑτοῦ παρέσχεν Plu. Them. 4, cf. Phryn.Com. 58; opp. δόξα, ill-repute, Men. 723; δ. λῦσαι καὶ ποιῆσαι remove, create prejudice against an antagonist, Arist. Rh. 1415a27; δ. ἀπολύεσθαι D.H. 6.59.

II. (διαβάλλω 111) quarrel, enmity, κατὰ τὰς ἰδίας δ. Th. 2.65; ἡ πρὸς τὸ συγγενὲς δ. Plu. 2.479b; ἡ πρὸς θάνατον δ. fear, aversion from it, ib.110a: c. gen., δ. τοῦ πάθους ib.456b; εἰς διαβολήν τινος to withstand them, LXX Nu. 22.32.

III. (διαβάλλω v111) legal obligation(?), Leg.Gort. 9.35.

IV. fraud, Sch.Ar. Pl. 373.