Scaife ATLAS

σφάλλω Root !σφαλ Lat. fall-o (the sigma being lost):—to make to fall, throw down, overthrow, properly by tripping up, to trip up in wrestling, Hom., Pind., Eur., etc.; σφ. ναῦς to throw her on her beam-ends, Plut.; ἵππος σφ. τὸν ἀναβάτην throws him, Xen.:—Pass. to be tripped up, Ar.; of a drunken man, σφαλλόμενος reeling, staggering, Ar. generally, to cause to fall, overthrow, defeat, Hdt., Soph., Thuc.:—Pass. to be overthrown, to fall, fail, be undone, become helpless, Hdt., Attic; τόδʼ ἐσφάλη this mishap took place, Soph.; οὔ τι μὴ σφαλῶ γʼ ἐν σοί I shall not fail in thy business, Soph. to baffle, foil, balk, disappoint, Hdt., Soph.:—Pass. to err, go wrong, be mistaken, Hdt., Soph. the Pass. is also used c. gen. rei, to be balked of or foiled in a thing, ἦ καὶ πατήρ τι σφάλλεται βουλευμάτων; Aesch.; σφάλλεσθαι γάμου Eur.; τῆς δόξης Thuc.

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to make to fall, throw down, overthrow

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σφάλλω

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σφάλλω

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σφαλλω

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31865

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n31901

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sfa/llw

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