σφάλλω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
σφάλλω
Structure:
σφάλλ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Etym.: Root SFAL
Sense
- to make to fall, throw down, overthrow, by tripping up, to trip up in wrestling, to throw, on her beam-ends, throws, to be tripped up, reeling, staggering
- to cause to fall, overthrow, defeat, to be overthrown, to fall, fail, be undone, become helpless, mishap took place, I shall, fail
- to baffle, foil, balk, disappoint, to err, go wrong, be mistaken
- to be balked of or foiled in
Conjugation
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.
- ταῦροι δ’ ὑβρισταὶ κἀσ κέρασ θυμούμενοι τὸ πρόσθεν ἐσφάλλοντο πρὸσ γαῖαν δέμασ, μυριάσι χειρῶν ἀγόμενοι νεανίδων. (Euripides, episode, trochees 8:5)
- οἱ δ’, ὥσπερ ἐκ μακρᾶσ ἀρρωστίασ τῆσ τυραννίδοσ εὐθὺσ ἐπιχειροῦντεσ ἐξανίστασθαι, καὶ πράττειν τὰ τῶν αὐτονομουμένων παρὰ καιρόν, ἐσφάλλοντο μὲν αὐτοὶ ταῖσ πράξεσιν, ἐμίσουν δὲ τὸν Δίωνα βουλόμενον ὥσπερ ἰατρὸν ἐν ἀκριβεῖ καὶ σωφρονούσῃ διαίτῃ κατασχεῖν τὴν πόλιν. (Plutarch, Dion, chapter 37 4:1)
- τὰ γὰρ φρονήματα ἀληθινὰ καὶ πάντῃ μεγάλα ἐκέκτηντο, πρᾳότητι μετὰ φρονήσεωσ πρόσ τε τὰσ ἀεὶ συμβαινούσασ τύχασ καὶ πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ χρώμενοι, διὸ πλὴν ἀρετῆσ πάντα ὑπερορῶντεσ μικρὰ ἡγοῦντο τὰ παρόντα καὶ ῥᾳδίωσ ἔφερον οἱο͂ν ἄχθοσ τὸν τοῦ χρυσοῦ τε καὶ τῶν ἄλλων κτημάτων ὄγκον, ἀλλ’ οὐ μεθύοντεσ ὑπὸ τρυφῆσ διὰ πλοῦτον ἀκράτορεσ αὑτῶν ὄντεσ ἐσφάλλοντο, νήφοντεσ δὲ ὀξὺ καθεώρων ὅτι καὶ ταῦτα πάντα ἐκ φιλίασ τῆσ κοινῆσ μετ’ ἀρετῆσ αὐξάνεται, τῇ δὲ τούτων σπουδῇ καὶ τιμῇ φθίνει ταῦτά τε αὐτὰ κἀκείνη συναπόλλυται τούτοισ. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 100:2)
- οἱ δ’ ὑπ’ ἐνδείασ κεχηνότεσ ὥσπερ λυσσῶντεσ κύνεσ ἐσφάλλοντο, καὶ παρεφέροντο ταῖσ τε θύραισ ἐνσειόμενοι μεθυόντων τρόπον καὶ ὑπ’ ἀμηχανίασ εἰσ τοὺσ αὐτοὺσ οἴκουσ εἰσπηδῶντεσ δὶσ ἢ τρὶσ ὡρ́ᾳ μιᾷ. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 220:1)
- ἐπεὶ τό γε λεχθὲν ἐπ’ Ἀθηναίων κινδυνεύει καὶ περὶ πάντων εἴ τισ εἴποι τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἀληθὲσ εἶναι, ἐπεὶ τοῖσ μὲν ἄρχουσιν ἀντιστῆναι καὶ κρατῆσαι Πέρσασ καὶ Λυδοὺσ καὶ πλοῦτον καὶ πόνουσ ὑπενεγκεῖν ἀγαθοὶ παντὸσ μᾶλλον ἦσαν, ἄρχειν δὲ αὐτοὶ ἔτι ἀπαίδευτοι ἦσαν, πειρώμενοί τε ἐσφάλλοντο. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 15:6)
Derived
- ἀνασφάλλω (to rise from a fall or illness, to recover)
- ἀποσφάλλω (to lead astray, drive away, to baulk)
- διασφάλλω (to overturn utterly, to be disappointed of)
- παρασφάλλω (to make an arrow glance aside, to foil, of)