σφαλερός

sphaleros

likely to make one stumble

Appears 7 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 4
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Book I 1
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650a1
Book III 1
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688b6
Book VII 2
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797d10
810b7
Republic 2
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Book III 1
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404a4
Book V 1
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451a1
Theages 1
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121c8

Dictionary (LSJ)

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

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