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πρόσπταισμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρόσπταισμα πρόσπταισματος

Structure: προσπταισματ (Stem)

Etym.: from prosptai/w

Sense

  1. a stumble against something, a stumble

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πρόσπταισμα προσπταίσματε προσπταίσματα
Genitive προσπταίσματος προσπταισμάτοιν προσπταισμάτων
Dative προσπταίσματι προσπταισμάτοιν προσπταίσμασιν*
Accusative πρόσπταισμα προσπταίσματε προσπταίσματα
Vocative πρόσπταισμα προσπταίσματε προσπταίσματα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἀμέλει δὲ δεινὸσ καὶ ἕλκη ἔχειν ἐν τοῖσ ἀντικνημίοισ καὶ προσπταίσματα ἐν τοῖσ δακτύλοισ καὶ μὴ θεραπεῦσαι ἀλλ’ ἐᾶσαι θηριωθῆναι· (Theophrastus, Characters, 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. a stumble against something

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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