ε1997Ἐπ' αὐτοφώρῳ
in the very act (of theft), red-handed
[Meaning] caught before one's eyes, in the theft itself. "[Belisarius], although he had caught the affair in the very act at Carthage, was willingly deceived by his wife [Antonina]."
Ἐπ' αὐτοφώρῳ· ἐπ' ὀφθαλμοῖς, ἐπ' αὐτῷ τῷ κλέμματι ἁλούς. ὁ δὲ ἐπ' αὐτοφώρῳ τὴν πρᾶξιν λαβὼν ἐν Καρχηδόνι ἐξηπάτητο πρὸς τῆς γυναικὸς ἑκών γε εἶναι.