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.
- ὃ δὴ καὶ συνιδών τισ Ἀττικὸσ ἀνὴρ ὡσ παγχάλεπόν ἐστι βουλομένοισ ἀπολογεῖσθαι, πλάττει τὸν Αἰγέα τῆσ νεὼσ προσφερομένησ ὑπὸ σπουδῆσ ἀνατρέχοντα πρὸσ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν θέασ ἕνεκα καὶ σφαλλόμενον καταπεσεῖν, ὥσπερ ὀπαδῶν ἔρημον, ἢ τὴν ἐπὶ θάλατταν ὁδὸν σπεύδοντι μὴ παρούσησ τινὸσ θεραπείασ. (Plutarch, Comparison of Theseus and Romulus, chapter 5 2:1)
- ἀδυνάτωσ δ’ ἔχοντα καὶ δι’ αὑτοῦ προθυμούμενον βαδίζειν ὑπολαβόντεσ ἦγον, τῷ μὲν σώματι καρηβαροῦντα καὶ σφαλλόμενον, οἰόμενον δὲ νικᾶν ἀκούοντα τῶν φευγόντων ἀνακαλουμένων Κῦρον βασιλέα καὶ φείδεσθαι δεομένων. (Plutarch, Artaxerxes, chapter 11 5:1)
- ἐρρέμβετο κενεμβατοῦν καὶ σφαλλόμενον ὑπ’ ἀναρχίασ τὸ μέγεθοσ αὐτῆσ. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 4 3:2)
- ἐπιδείκνυσι μᾶλλον καὶ καταισχύνει σφαλλόμενον καὶ σαλευόμενον ὑπὸ κουφότητοσ. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 4 10:1)
- οὕτωσ ἐρρέμβετο κενεμβατοῦν καὶ σφαλλόμενον ὑπ’ ἀναρχίασ τὸ μέγεθοσ αὐτῆσ. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 4 1:1)
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)
