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|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[transitive|trans.]] to make to [[stumble]] or [[fall]], τινὰ πρός τινι Pind.:—Pass., τὰ πταισθέντα failures, Luc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> intr. to [[stumble]], [[trip]], [[fall]], Soph., etc.; πτ. πρός τινι to [[stumble]] [[against]], [[fall]] [[over]], Aesch., Plat.; πρός τι Xen.; also, μὴ περὶ Μαρδονίωι πταίσηι ἡ [[Ἑλλάς]] [[lest]] [[Hellas]] should get a [[fall]] [[over]] him, i.e. be defeated by him, Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> metaph. to make a false [[step]], to [[fail]], Thuc., Dem.; so, ἐλάχιστα, τὰ [[πλείω]] πτ. Thuc. etc.