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