ἐπίβουλον (epiboulon)

ἐπίβουλον is an Ancient Greek form of ἐπίβουλος, meaning “plotting against; treacherous”. It is the accusative singular masculine adjective.

Found 40 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica 2.8: ἐφεστὼς δέ ποτε τῷ βωμῷ τῆς Χαλκιοίκου βουθυτῶν, ἐπειδὴ φθεὶρ αὐτὸν ἔδακεν, οὐ διετράπη λαβὼν δὲ περιφανῶς ἐναντίον πάντων ἀπέκτεινε, προσειπών νὴ τοὺς θεοὺς ἡδέως τὸν ἐπίβουλον καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ βωμῷ.

Arrian, Cynegeticus 34.1: … εικνύουσιν τῇ θεῷ. καὶ ἐπὶ μὲν λαγῷ ἁλόντι δύʼ ὀβολὼ ἐμβάλλουσιν ἐς τὸν θησαυρόν, ἐπὶ δὲ ἀλώπεκι δραχμήν, ὅτι ἐπίβουλόν τὸ χρῆμα, καὶ τοὺς λαγὼς διαφθείρει· τούτου ἕνεκα πλέον ἐμβάλλουσιν, ὡς ἐπὶ πολεμίῳ ἁλόντι. ἐπὶ δὲ δορκάδι τέ …

All forms of ἐπίβουλος (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.