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|Definition=<span class="bibl">Th.1.122</span>, etc.: fut. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> πταίσω <span class="bibl">D.2.20</span>: aor. ἔπταισα <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.101</span>, etc.: pf. ἔπταικα <span class="bibl">Men.675</span>, <span class="bibl">Bato 1</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.3.48.4</span>, (προσ-) <span class="bibl">Isoc.6.82</span>:— Pass., v. infr.1: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> trans., [[cause to stumble]] or [[fall]], σύνθεσιν ποτὶ ψεύδει <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>205</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">1 Ki.</span>4.3</span>:—Pass., [[to be missed]], of things, <span class="bibl">Ael. <span class="title">NA</span>2.15</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ πταισθέντα</b> [[failures]], [[errors]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Demon.</span>7</span>; <b class="b3">ἃ ἐπταίσθη</b> his [[failures]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Comp.Dion.Brut.</span>3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> intr., [[stumble]], [[trip]], [[fall]], <b class="b3">π. πρός τινι</b> [[stumble against]], [[fall over]], π., ὥσπερ πρὸς ἕρματι, πρὸς τῇ πόλει <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>553b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>926</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.7.26</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς τὰς πέτρας</b> cj. in <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">An.</span>4.2.3</span>; prov., μὴ δὶς πρὸς τὸν αὐτὸν λίθον πταίειν <span class="bibl">Plb.31.11.5</span>; 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, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.101</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[make a false step]] or [[mistake]], <span class="bibl">Th.2.43</span>, <span class="bibl">D.2.20</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.672</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐὰν πταίωσί τι</b> when [[they make a blunder]], of medical men, <span class="bibl">Philem.75.5</span>; <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐλάττω, ἐλάχιστα, τὰ πλείω π</b>., <span class="bibl">Th.1.122</span>, <span class="bibl">4.18</span>, <span class="bibl">6.33</span>; ἔν τισι <span class="bibl">D. 18.286</span>; λογισμοῖς <span class="bibl">Men.380</span>; <b class="b3">τῇ μάχῃ, τοῖς ὅλοις, τοῖς πράγμασι</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">Plb.18.14.13</span>, <span class="bibl">3.48.4</span>, <span class="bibl">1.10.1</span>, etc.; ἀψευδὴς ὢν καὶ μὴ π. τῇ διανοίᾳ περὶ τὰ ὄντα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>160d</span>; also π. ὑπ' ἀνάγκας <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>215</span> (lyr.); ὑπό τινος π. τῇ πατρίδι <span class="bibl">Plb.5.93.2</span>; ἐκ τύχης <span class="bibl">Id.2.7.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">π. τῆς ἐλπίδος</b> <b class="b2">to be baulked of . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdn.8.5.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἡ γλῶττα π</b>. [[stutters]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>875b19</span>.</span>