σφαλερός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ά, όν, (σφάλλω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">likely to make one stumble</b> or <b class="b2">trip</b> metaph., <b class="b2">slippery, perilous</b>, <b class="b3">τυραννὶς χρῆμα σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.53</span>; <b class="b3">γνωμέω</b> . . τὴν -ωτέρην σεωυτῷ <span class="bibl">Id.7.16</span>.ά; σφαλερὸν ἡγεμὼν θρασύς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span> 508</span>; <b class="b3">τοῦτο δέ γ ἐστὶν τὸ καλὸν σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">IA</span>21</span> (anap.); ὦ βιοτή . . ἐπὶ παντὶ σφαλερὰ κεῖσαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>916</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">πάντων -ώτατον</b>, of future events, <span class="bibl">Th.4.62</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>1.1</span>; -ώτατοι καιροί <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Oec.</span>p.48</span> J., <span class="title">SIG</span>796 <span class="title">B</span> 10 (Epid., i A.D.); of poems, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>810b</span>; <b class="b3">σ. τρόπος</b> (v.l. [[τόπος]]) <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prog.</span>22</span>; <b class="b3">σφαλερόν [ἐστι</b>], c. inf., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>451a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>688b</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ἐπιχειρῆσαι σ</b>. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.1.2</span>. Adv. Comp. <b class="b3">-ώτερον, νοσεῖν</b> to be <b class="b2">more dangerously</b> ill, Gal.15.724. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> (σφάλλομαι) <b class="b2">ready to fall, tottering, reeling</b>, κῶλα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>371</span> (lyr.); ῥῦμα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>159</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">σῶμα σ. ἐν ταῖς κινήσεσι</b>, of revellers and sufferers from coma, Gal. 7.645; <b class="b3">ἕξις σ. πρὸς ὑγίειαν</b> <b class="b2">uncertain</b> in point of health, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>404a</span>. Adv. <b class="b3">-ρῶς, ὑγιαίνειν</b> enjoy health <b class="b2">precariously</b>, Gal.6.810. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> of persons, where the sense often fluctuates between 1 and 11, ἴχνεσι σφαλεροί <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>189</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">400</span>; <b class="b3">σ. σύμμαχοι</b> <b class="b2">uncertain</b>, <span class="bibl">D.1.7</span>; <b class="b3">προστάτης σ</b>. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>774.3</span>. Adv. -ρῶς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">IA</span>600</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">Isoc.7.1</span>.</span>