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|Definition=σφαλερά, σφαλερόν, ([[σφάλλω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[likely to make one stumble]] or [[likely to make one trip]] metaph., [[slippery]], [[perilous]], <b class="b3">τυραννὶς χρῆμα σφαλερόν</b> [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.53; [[γνωμέω]] . . τὴν σφαλερωτέρην σεωυτῷ Id.7.16.ά; σφαλερὸν ἡγεμὼν [[θρασύς]] E.''Supp.'' 508; <b class="b3">τοῦτο δέ γ ἐστὶν τὸ καλὸν σφαλερόν</b> Id.''IA''21 (anap.); ὦ [[βιοτή]] . . ἐπὶ παντὶ σφαλερὰ κεῖσαι Id.''Fr.''916 (lyr.); <b class="b3">πάντων σφαλερώτατον</b>, of [[future]] [[event]]s, Th.4.62, cf. Hp.''Aph.''1.1; σφαλερώτατοι καιροί Phld.''Oec.''p.48 J., ''SIG''796 ''B'' 10 (Epid., i A.D.); of poems, Pl.''Lg.''810b; σφαλερὸς [[τρόπος]] ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[τόπος]]) Hp.''Prog.''22; <b class="b3">σφαλερόν [ἐστι]</b>, c. inf., Pl.''R.''451a, ''Lg.''688b; <b class="b3">τὸ ἐπιχειρῆσαι σφαλερόν</b> X.''HG''2.1.2. Adv. Comp. [[σφαλερώτερον]] [[νοσεῖν]] = to [[be more dangerously ill]], Gal.15.724.<br><span class="bld">II</span> ([[σφάλλομαι]]) [[ready to fall]], [[tottering]], [[reeling]], κῶλα A.''Eu.''371 (lyr.); [[ῥῦμα]] [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''159 (anap.); <b class="b3">σῶμα σφαλερὸν ἐν ταῖς κινήσεσι</b>, of [[reveller]]s and [[sufferer]]s from [[coma]], Gal. 7.645; [[ἕξις σφαλερὰ πρὸς ὑγίειαν]] = [[regime]] [[uncertain]] in [[point]] of [[health]], [[regime]] that is [[detrimental]] to the [[health]], Pl.''R.''404a. Adv. [[σφαλερῶς]] [[ὑγιαίνειν]] = [[enjoy]] [[health]] [[precariously]], Gal.6.810.<br><span class="bld">III</span> of persons, where the sense often fluctuates between I and II, ἴχνεσι σφαλεροί Nic.''Al.''189, cf. 400; σφαλεροὶ [[σύμμαχος|σύμμαχοι]] = [[uncertain]] [[ally|allies]], D.1.7; [[προστάτης]] σφαλερός E.''Fr.''774.3. Adv. [[σφαλερῶς]] Id.''IA''600 (anap.), Isoc.7.1.