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πταίω
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πταίω
πταίω, Th. 1.122 , etc.: fut.
A). πταίσω D. 2.20 : aor. ἔπταισα Hdt. 9.101 , etc.: pf. ἔπταικα Men. 675 , Bato 1 , Plb. 3.48.4 ,(προς-) Isoc. 6.82 :— Pass., v. infr. 1 :
I). trans., cause to stumble or fall, σύνθεσιν ποτὶ ψεύδει Pi. Fr. 205 , cf. LXX 1 Ki. 4.3 :— Pass., to be missed, of things, Ael. NA 2.15 ; τὰ πταισθέντα failures, errors, Luc. Demon. 7 ; ἃ ἐπταίσθη his failures, Plu. Comp.Dion.Brut. 3 .
II). intr., stumble, trip, fall, π. πρός τινι stumble against, fall over, π., ὥσπερ πρὸς ἕρματι, πρὸς τῇ πόλει Pl. R. 553b , cf. A. Pr. 926 , Theoc. 7.26 ; πρὸς τὰς πέτρας cj. in X. An. 4.2.3 ; prov., μὴ δὶς πρὸς τὸν αὐτὸν λίθον πταίειν Plb. 31.11.5 ; also π. περί τινι, μὴ περὶ Μαρδονίῳ πταίσῃ ἡ Ἑλλάς lest Hellas should get a fall over him, i.e. be defeated by him, Hdt. 9.101 .
2). metaph., make a false step or mistake, Th. 2.43 , D. 2.20 , Men. 672 , etc.; ἐὰν πταίωσί τι when they make a blunder, of medical men, Philem. 75.5 ; οὐκ ἐλάττω, ἐλάχιστα, τὰ πλείω π., Th. 1.122 , 4.18 , 6.33 ; ἔν τισι D. 18.286 ; λογισμοῖς Men. 380 ; τῇ μάχῃ, τοῖς ὅλοις, τοῖς πράγμασι, etc., Plb. 18.14.13 , 3.48.4 , 1.10.1 , etc.; ἀψευδὴς ὢν καὶ μὴ π. τῇ διανοίᾳ περὶ τὰ ὄντα Pl. Tht. 160d ; also π. ὑπ’ ἀνάγκας S. Ph. 215 (lyr.); ὑπό τινος π. τῇ πατρίδι Plb. 5.93.2 ; ἐκ τύχης Id. 2.7.3 .
3). π. τῆς ἐλπίδος to be baulked of .., Hdn. 8.5.1 .
4). ἡ γλῶττα π. stutters, Arist. Pr. 875b19 .


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to make to stumble

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πταίω
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πταίω</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:122" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.122/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.122 </a>, etc.: fut. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">πταίσω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg002.perseus-grc1:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg002.perseus-grc1:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 2.20 </a> : aor. <span class="quote greek">ἔπταισα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:101" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.101/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 9.101 </a> , etc.: pf. <span class="quote greek">ἔπταικα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:675" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:675/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 675 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0425.tlg001:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0425.tlg001:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Bato</span> 1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:48:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:48:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 3.48.4 </a>,(<span class="etym greek">προς-</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg016.perseus-grc1:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg016.perseus-grc1:82/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 6.82 </a>:— Pass., v. infr.<span class="bibl"> 1 </span>: </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>I).</strong></span> trans., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cause to stumble</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fall</span>, <span class="quote greek">σύνθεσιν ποτὶ ψεύδει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:205" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:205/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 205 </a> , cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg011:4:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg011:4.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">1 Ki.</span> 4.3 </a>:— Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be missed</span>, of things, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:2:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:2.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">NA</span> 2.15 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ πταισθέντα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">failures, errors</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg008:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg008:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Demon.</span> 7 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἃ ἐπταίσθη</span> his <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">failures</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg062:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg062:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Comp.Dion.Brut.</span> 3 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> intr., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stumble, trip, fall</span>, <span class="foreign greek">π. πρός τινι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stumble against, fall over</span>, <span class="quote greek">π., ὥσπερ πρὸς ἕρματι, πρὸς τῇ πόλει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:553b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:553b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 553b </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:926" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:926/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 926 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 7.26 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πρὸς τὰς πέτρας</span> cj. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:4:2:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:4:2:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 4.2.3 </a>; prov., <span class="quote greek">μὴ δὶς πρὸς τὸν αὐτὸν λίθον πταίειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:31:11:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:31:11:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 31.11.5 </a> ; also <span class="foreign greek">π. περί τινι, μὴ περὶ Μαρδονίῳ πταίσῃ ἡ Ἑλλάς</span> lest Hellas <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">should get a fall</span> over him, i.e. be defeated by him, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:101" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.101/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 9.101 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">make a false step</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mistake</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:43" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.43/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.43 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg002.perseus-grc1:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg002.perseus-grc1:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 2.20 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:672" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:672/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 672 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ἐὰν πταίωσί τι</span> when <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">they make a blunder</span>, of medical men, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0487.tlg001:75:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0487.tlg001:75.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philem.</span> 75.5 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">οὐκ ἐλάττω, ἐλάχιστα, τὰ πλείω π</span>., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:122" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.122/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.122 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.18/canonical-url/"> 4.18 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.33/canonical-url/"> 6.33 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἔν τισι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:286" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:286/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.286 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λογισμοῖς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:380" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:380/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 380 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τῇ μάχῃ, τοῖς ὅλοις, τοῖς πράγμασι</span>, etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:14:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:14:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 18.14.13 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:48:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:48:4/canonical-url/"> 3.48.4 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:10:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:10:1/canonical-url/"> 1.10.1 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἀψευδὴς ὢν καὶ μὴ π. τῇ διανοίᾳ περὶ τὰ ὄντα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:160d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:160d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 160d </a> ; also <span class="quote greek">π. ὑπ’ ἀνάγκας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:215" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:215/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 215 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">ὑπό τινος π. τῇ πατρίδι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:93:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:93:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 5.93.2 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐκ τύχης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:7:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:7:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 2.7.3 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">π. τῆς ἐλπίδος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be baulked of ..</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0015.tlg001:8:5:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0015.tlg001:8:5:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdn.</span> 8.5.1 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ἡ γλῶττα π</span>. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stutters</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:875b:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:875b.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 875b19 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}