σκανδαλιστής

A. acrobat who performed on a trapeze (σκάνδαλον), SIG 847.5 (Delph., ii A.D.), v. Supp.Epigr. 2.328. ‐ον,τό, trap or snare laid for an enemy, LXX Jo. 23.13, 1 Ki. 18.21, Ep.Rom. 11.9, 1 Ep.Pet. 2.7; prob. laid for animals, PCair.Zen. 608.7 (iii B.C., written σκανδάνων, gen. pl.): metaph., stumbling-block, offence, scandal, Ev.Matt. 18.7, Ev.Luc. 17.1; σκάνδαλα ποιεῖσθαι PMasp. 4.9 (vi A.D.).

II. v. σκανδαλιστής.