ἀποσφάλλω

English (LSJ)

aor. 1 -έσφηλα (v. infr.):—

   A lead astray, drive in baffled course, ὅντινα πρῶτον ἄποσφήλωσιν ἄελλαι ἐς πέλαγος Od.3.320; μή . . σφας ἀποσφήλειε πόνοιο lest he balk them of the fruits of toil, Il. 5.567.    2 cause to err, Lib.Or.59.147.    II mostly in Pass., esp. in aor. 2 ἀπεσφάλην [ᾰ], to be balked or disappointed of, τῆς ἐλπίδος Hdt.6.5; to be deprived of, φρενῶν Sol.33.4, A.Pr.472; γνώμης Id.Pers.392; οὐσίας ἀρετῆς ἀπεσφαλμένοι mistaken as to the nature of... Pl.Lg.950b; fail in reaching, Ἰταλίας Plu.Pyrrh.15: abs., make a mistake, D.26.3; ἀποσφάλλεσθαι εἴς τι go astray, Plu.2.392b: rare in literal sense, miss one's footing, ἀποσφαλεὶς ἐξ ὕψους ἔπεσε Id.Per.13.