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.
- καθάπερ γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι σφάλλονται καὶ διολισθάνουσιν ἐν τῷ σκότῳ, οὕτω δὴ κἀγώ σοι ἔμπαλιν ἀμβλυώττω πρὸσ τὸ φῶσ. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 1:15)
- οἱ ποιηταὶ δὲ ὁπόσα μὲν ἂν ἐκ τῶν Μουσῶν κατεχόμενοι ᾄδωσιν, ἀληθῆ ταῦτά ἐστιν ὁπόταν δὲ ἀφῶσιν αὐτοὺσ αἱ θεαὶ καὶ καθ’ αὑτοὺσ ποιῶσι, τότε δὴ καὶ σφάλλονται καὶ ὑπεναντία τοῖσ πρότερον διεξίασι· (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 2:4)
- καὶ γὰρ καὶ κύνεσ βλάπτονται, καὶ οἱ ἵπποι χωλεύονται, καὶ οἱ ἄνθρωποι σφάλλονται. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 36 1:1)
- ἃ ὁ Κωλώτησ παραθέμενοσ οὐ συνεῖδεν, ὅτι φῶτασ μὲν καὶ θῆρασ καὶ θάμνουσ καὶ οἰωνοὺσ ὁ Ἐμπεδοκλῆσ οὐκ ἀνῄρηκεν, ἅ γέ φησι μιγνυμένων τῶν στοιχείων ἀποτελεῖσθαι τοὺσ δὲ τῇ συγκρίσει ταύτῃ καὶ διακρίσει φύσιν τινὰ καὶ πότμον δυσδαίμονα καὶ θάνατον ἀλοίτην ἐπικατηγοροῦντασ, σφάλλονται διδάξασ, οὐκ ἀφείλετο τὸ χρῆσθαι ταῖσ εἰθισμέναισ φωναῖσ περὶ αὐτῶν. (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 1114)
- ἐπεὶ καὶ ἐν ᾧ δοκεῖ ἐλαχίστη σώματοσ χρεία εἶναι, ἐν τῷ διανοεῖσθαι, τίσ οὐκ οἶδεν ὅτι καὶ ἐν τούτῳ πολλοὶ μεγάλα σφάλλονται διὰ τὸ μὴ ὑγιαίνειν τὸ σῶμα; (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 12 7:1)
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)
