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noun

sūtēla

gen. sūtēlae · gender feminine · decl. 1st
suo, prop. a sewing together; hence, trop.
a cunning device; contrivance; an artifice •
a cunning device or contrivance, an artifice, trick, wile (Plautin.): sutelae dolosae astutiae a similitudine suentium dictae, Fest. pp. 310 and 311 Müll.: ob sutelas tuas, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 34; id. Cas. 1, 7.
Perseus ID: n47160 Key: sutela