Accusative plural of the noun μεθοδεία , quoted from Ephesians 6.11: τὰς μεθοδείας τοῦ διαβόλου . Identically glossed in Photius and in the Collectio verborum utilium e differentibus rhetoribus et sapientibus multis; cf. Hesychius and ps-Zonaras s.v.
[1] See tau 441.
[2] See delta 1343; also alpha 4348: τέχνη γὰρ ὁ δόλος .