σφάλμα

sphalma

trip, stumble, false step

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Republic 1
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Book VI 1
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487b6
Statesman 1
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298b5
Theaetetus 1
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168a1

Dictionary (LSJ)

σφάλμα, ατος, τό, A. trip, stumble, false step, AP 7.634 (Antiphil.), Man. 4.289. 2. a glide, in a surgical operation, Heliod. ap. Orib. 49.8.38, Ruf. ib.49.28.13. II. metaph., 1. fall, failure, defeat, Hdt. 7.6, 9.9, Th. 5.14 (pl.), etc.; σφάλματα ποιοῦντες causing losses, Pl. Plt. 298b. 2. fault, error, Hdt. 1.207, 7.10.ζ ; τὰ πρόσθε σ. E. Andr. 54, Supp. 416, cf. Pl. Tht. 168a, R. 487b, Phld. Rh. 1.348 S., Gal. 6.68.

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