σφάλλω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷʰh₂el-.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

σφᾰ́λλω (sphállō)

  1. (active voice)
    1. to topple, overthrow
    2. to kill
    3. to baffle
  2. (passive voice)
    1. to be foiled
    2. to fall, to be cast down (from a figurative or literal elevated place)
    3. to stagger, reel

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: σφάλλω (sfállo)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σφάλλω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1428
  • σφάλλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • σφάλλω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963

Greek

Verb

σφάλλω (sfállo) (past έσφαλα)

  1. make a mistake, err, blunder, lapse

Conjugation

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See also