ΑΛΛ. πανοῦργος εἶ."
2. Ejusdem fab., 635.:
"Βερέσχεθοί τε καὶ κόβαλοι καὶ Μόθων."
3. Plutus, 279.:
"ὡς μόθων εἶ τε καὶ φύσει κόβαλος."
4. Aristotle, H. A. 8. 12. 12. [Bekker Oxon.] says of a bird,
"κόβαλος καὶ μιμητής."
In the 2nd passage Liddell and Scott call κόβαλοι "mischievous goblins," which is exactly equivalent to "kobolds."
The word is also used adjectively for "knavish tricks," "rogueries."
See Equites, 419.: