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|Definition=Th.1.122, etc.: <span class="bld">A</span> fut. πταίσω D.2.20: aor. ἔπταισα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.101, etc.: pf. ἔπταικα Men.675, Bato 1, Plb.3.48.4, (προσ-) Isoc.6.82:—Pass., v. infr.1:<br><span class="bld">I</span> trans., [[cause to stumble]] or [[cause to fall]], σύνθεσιν ποτὶ ψεύδει Pi.''Fr.''205, cf.[[LXX]] ''1 Ki.''4.3:—Pass., to [[be missed]], of things, Ael. ''NA''2.15; [[τὰ πταισθέντα]] = [[failure]]s, [[error]]s, Luc.''Demon.''7; [[ἃ ἐπταίσθη]] his [[failure]]s, Plu.''Comp.Dion.Brut.''3.<br><span class="bld">II</span> intr., [[stumble]], [[trip]], [[fall]], <b class="b3">πταίω πρός τινι</b> [[stumble against]], [[fall over]], πταίω, ὥσπερ πρὸς ἕρματι, πρὸς τῇ πόλει [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 553b, cf. A.''Pr.''926, Theoc.7.26; <b class="b3">πρὸς τὰς πέτρας</b> cj. in X. ''An.''4.2.3; [[proverb|prov.]], [[μὴ δὶς πρὸς τὸν αὐτὸν λίθον πταίειν]] = [[do not stumble twice on the same stone]] Plb.31.11.5; also <b class="b3">π. περί τινι, μὴ περὶ Μαρδονίῳ πταίσῃ ἡ Ἑλλάς</b> lest Hellas should get a [[fall over]] him, i.e. [[be defeated]] by him, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.101.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[make a false step]] or [[make a mistake]], Th.2.43, D.2.20, Men.672, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐὰν πταίωσί τι</b> when they [[make a blunder]], of medical men, Philem.75.5; <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐλάττω, ἐλάχιστα, τὰ πλείω πταίω</b>, Th.1.122, 4.18, 6.33; ἔν τισι D. 18.286; λογισμοῖς Men.380; <b class="b3">τῇ μάχῃ, τοῖς ὅλοις, τοῖς πράγμασι</b>, etc., Plb.18.14.13, 3.48.4, 1.10.1, etc.; ἀψευδὴς ὢν καὶ μὴ π. τῇ διανοίᾳ περὶ τὰ ὄντα [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''160d; also π. ὑπ' ἀνάγκας S.''Ph.''215 (lyr.); ὑπό τινος π. τῇ πατρίδι Plb.5.93.2; ἐκ τύχης Id.2.7.3.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">π. τῆς ἐλπίδος</b> to [[be baulked]] of.., Hdn.8.5.1.<br><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἡ γλῶττα π.</b> [[stutter]]s, Arist.''Pr.''875b19.