Scaife ATLAS

ἐπι-σφαλήςέςadjσφάλλω liable to cause a slipof a situation or course of actionprecarious, fraught with danger, riskyPl. Arist. Din. Men. Plb. Plu.of a placeperilousPlb. Plu.of an illnessdangerous, seriousPlu. liable to suffer a slipof power, prosperity, human life, a political systemprecarious, unstable, insecureD. Arist. Men. Plb. ἐπισφαλῶςadvat risk to oneselfriskilyref. to doing sthg.Plu.precariously, unstablyref. to a ship movingPlu.dangerously, seriouslyref. to being sick or woundedPlb. Plu.w. ἔχειν, διακεῖσθαιbe in a precarious or dangerous state or situationPlb. Plu.

ShortDef

prone to fall, unstable, precarious

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Headword:

ἐπισφαλής

Headword (normalized):

ἐπισφαλής

Headword (normalized/stripped):

επισφαλης

IDX:

14978

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-14979

Key:

ἐπισφαλής

Data

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