πταίω: Difference between revisions

|txtha=[[future]] πταίσω; 1st aorist ἐπταισα; ([[akin]] to ΠΑΤΩ and [[πίπτω]] (cf. Vanicek, p. 466)); from ([[Pindar]]), [[Aeschylus]], and [[Herodotus]] down;<br /><b class="num">1.</b> transitive, τινα, to [[cause]] [[one]] to [[stumble]] or [[fall]].<br /><b class="num">2.</b> intransitive, to [[stumble]]: [[δίς]] [[πρός]] [[τόν]] αὐτόν λίθον, [[Polybius]] 31,19, 5. tropically (cf. English [[trip]], [[stumble]])<br /><b class="num">a.</b> to [[err]], to [[make]] a [[mistake]] ([[Plato]], Theact c. 15, p. 160d.); to [[sin]]: [[absolutely]] [[ἴδιον]] ἀνθρώπου φιλεῖν καί [[τούς]] πταιοντας, Antoninus 7,22); [[πολλά]], in [[many]] ways, ἐν [[ἑνί]] ([[namely]], νόμῳ), to [[stumble]] in, i. e. [[sin]] [[against]], [[one]] [[law]], [[εἷς]], 2a. at the [[end]]); ἐν λόγῳ (for the ([[more]] [[common]]) [[simple]] dative), to [[sin]] in [[word]] or [[speech]], to [[fall]] [[into]] [[misery]], [[become]] [[wretched]] ([[often]] so in Greek writings): of the [[loss]] of [[salvation]], 2 Peter 1:10.