ἁμαρτάνω Root !αμαρτ to miss, miss the mark, c. gen., ἑκὼν ἡμάρτανε φωτός he missed the man on purpose, Il.; ἁμ. τῆς ὁδοῦ to miss the road, Ar.; τοῦ σκοποῦ Antipho. generally, to fail of doing, fail of oneʼs purpose, to miss oneʼs point, fail, go wrong, Od., etc.; c. gen., νοήματος ἤμβροτεν failed in hitting upon the thought, Od., etc.; ἁμ. τοῦ χρησμοῦ to mistake it, Hdt. to fail of having, i. e. to be deprived of, lose, c. gen., ἁμαρτήσεσθαι ὀπωπῆς that I should lose my sight, Od.; ἁμ. πιστῆς ἀλόχου Eur. to fail, do wrong, err, sin, Hom., etc.; c. dat. modi, γνώμῃ ἁμ. to err in judgment, Hdt.; or ἐν λόγοις Hdt., Plat.; with a neut. adj., τόδε γʼ ἤμβροτον I erred in this, Od.; in Prose, ἁμ. περί τι ἁμ. περί τι to do wrong in a matter, Plat., etc. Pass., ἁμαρτάνεταί τι a sin is committed, Thuc.:—impers., ἁμαρτάνεται περί τι Plat.