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.
- οὕτω γὰρ ἂν πονεῖν τε ἔτι μᾶλλον δύναιτο καὶ εἰ ἕλκοι τισ αὐτὸν ἢ ὠθοίη ἧττον ἂν σφάλλοιτο. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 7 8:2)
- καὶ εἴτε ἱππικῆσ ἐπιτηδεύοι ἀγωνίαν εἴτε μουσικῆσ εἴτε γεωργίασ ἐπιμελοῖτο εἴτε στρατηγεῖν ἐθέλοι ἢ ἄρχειν τὰσ ἄλλασ ἀρχὰσ ἢ τὰ ἄλλα τὰ κοινὰ ἐν τῇ πόλει πράττειν, καλῶσ ἂν πάντα ποιήσειε καὶ περὶ οὐδὲν ἂν σφάλλοιτο. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 10:1)
- Ὅτι Περσεὺσ ἀναθαρρῶν ἤδη κατ’ ὀλίγον μετὰ τὴν φυγήν, Νικίαν καὶ Ἀνδρόνικον, οὓσ ἐπὶ τὸν καταποντισμὸν τῶν χρημάτων καὶ τὸν ἐμπρησμὸν τῶν νεῶν ἐπεπόμφει, περιποιήσασ αὑτῷ καὶ τὰσ ναῦσ καὶ τὰ χρήματα, συνίστορασ ἡγούμενοσ αἰσχροῦ φόβου καὶ ἑτέροισ ἐξαγγελεῖν, ἀπέκτεινεν ἀθεμίστωσ, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦδε εὐθὺσ ἐκ μεταβολῆσ ὠμὸσ καὶ εὐχερὴσ ἐσ ἅπαντασ ἐγένετο, καὶ οὐδὲν ὑγιὲσ οὐδ’ εὔβουλόν οἱ ἔτι ἦν, ἀλλ’ ὁ πιθανώτατοσ ἐσ εὐβουλίαν καὶ λογίσασθαι δεξιὸσ καὶ εὐτολμότατοσ ἐσ μάχασ, ὅσα γε μὴ σφάλλοιτο δι’ ἀπειρίαν, ἀθρόωσ τότε καὶ παραλόγωσ ἐσ δειλίαν καὶ ἀλογιστίαν ἐτράπετο, καὶ ταχὺσ καὶ εὐμετάθετοσ ἄφνω καὶ σκαιὸσ ἐσ πάντα ἐγένετο, ἀρχομένησ αὐτὸν ἐπιλείπειν τῆσ τύχησ. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 17:26)
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)
