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.
- ὅταν τι τῶν ἐμῶν δι’ ἐρωτήσεωσ σκοπῇσ, ἐὰν μὲν ὁ ἐρωτηθεὶσ οἱᾶ́περ ἂν ἐγὼ ἀποκριναίμην ἀποκρινάμενοσ σφάλληται, ἐγὼ ἐλέγχομαι, εἰ δὲ ἀλλοῖα, αὐτὸσ ὁ ἐρωτηθείσ. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 147:3)
- χρησώμεθά γε μὴν τῷ νῦν παρατυχόντι περὶ αὐτῆσ ἡμῖν λόγῳ τὸ τοιόνδε, ὡσ εἴ ποτέ τισ ἐπινοήσειε γράψαι τε ὡσ κάλλιστον ζῷον καὶ τοῦτ’ αὖ μηδέποτε ἐπὶ φαυλότερον ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον ἴσχειν τοῦ ἐπιόντοσ ἀεὶ χρόνου, συννοεῖσ ὅτι θνητὸσ ὤν, εἰ μή τινα καταλείψει διάδοχον τοῦ ἐπανορθοῦν τε, ἐάν τι σφάλληται τὸ ζῷον ὑπὸ χρόνων, καὶ τὸ παραλειφθὲν ὑπὸ τῆσ ἀσθενείασ τῆσ ἑαυτοῦ πρὸσ τὴν τέχνην οἱο͂́σ τε εἰσ τὸ πρόσθεν ἔσται φαιδρύνων ποιεῖν ἐπιδιδόναι, σμικρόν τινα χρόνον αὐτῷ πόνοσ παραμενεῖ πάμπολυσ; (Plato, Laws, book 6 127:3)
- τὴν δὲ τοῦ ἀρίστου δόξαν, ὅπῃπερ ἂν ἔσεσθαι τούτων ἡγήσωνται πόλισ εἴτε ἰδιῶταί τινεσ, ἐὰν αὕτη κρατοῦσα ἐν ψυχαῖσ διακοσμῇ πάντα ἄνδρα, κἂν σφάλληταί τι, δίκαιον μὲν πᾶν εἶναι φατέον τὸ ταύτῃ πραχθὲν καὶ τὸ τῆσ τοιαύτησ ἀρχῆσ γιγνόμενον ὑπήκοον ἑκάστων, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν ἅπαντα ἀνθρώπων βίον ἄριστον, δοξάζεσθαι δὲ ὑπὸ πολλῶν ἀκούσιον ἀδικίαν εἶναι τὴν τοιαύτην βλάβην. (Plato, Laws, book 9 69:1)
- δοτέον οὖν τῷ τελέωσ ἀδίκῳ τὴν τελεωτάτην ἀδικίαν, καὶ οὐκ ἀφαιρετέον ἀλλ’ ἐατέον τὰ μέγιστα ἀδικοῦντα τὴν μεγίστην δόξαν αὑτῷ παρεσκευακέναι εἰσ δικαιοσύνην, καὶ ἐὰν ἄρα σφάλληταί τι, ἐπανορθοῦσθαι δυνατῷ εἶναι, λέγειν τε ἱκανῷ ὄντι πρὸσ τὸ πείθειν, ἐάν τι μηνύηται τῶν ἀδικημάτων, καὶ βιάσασθαι ὅσα ἂν βίασ δέηται, διά τε ἀνδρείαν καὶ ῥώμην καὶ διὰ παρασκευὴν φίλων καὶ οὐσίασ. (Plato, Republic, book 2 43:4)
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)