ἀποσφάλλω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=aor. 1 <b class="b3">-έσφηλα</b> (v. infr.):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">lead astray, drive in baffled course</b>, ὅντινα πρῶτον ἄποσφήλωσιν ἄελλαι ἐς πέλαγος <span class="bibl">Od.3.320</span>; <b class="b3">μή . . σφας ἀποσφήλειε πόνοιο</b> lest he [[balk]] them [[of]] the fruits of toil, <span class="bibl">Il. 5.567</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[cause to err]], <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>59.147</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> mostly in Pass., esp. in aor. 2 <b class="b3">ἀπεσφάλην [ᾰ</b>], [[to be balked]] or [[disappointed of]], τῆς ἐλπίδος <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.5</span>; to [[be deprived of]], φρενῶν <span class="bibl">Sol.33.4</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>472</span>; γνώμης <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pers.</span>392</span>; <b class="b3">οὐσίας ἀρετῆς ἀπεσφαλμένοι</b> [[mistaken as to]] the nature of... <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>950b</span>; [[fail in reaching]], Ἰταλίας <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pyrrh.</span>15</span>: abs., [[make a mistake]], <span class="bibl">D.26.3</span>; ἀποσφάλλεσθαι εἴς τι [[go astray]], Plu.2.392b: rare in literal sense, <b class="b2">miss one's footing</b>, ἀποσφαλεὶς ἐξ ὕψους ἔπεσε <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Per.</span>13</span>.</span>