σφάλλω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷʰh₂el-.[1] Compare Armenian սխալ (sxal, “mistake, error, fault”), Sanskrit स्खलति (skhalati, “to stumble”) [2][3][4][5] and possibly Latin fallō.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

σφᾰ́λλω • (sphállō)

  1. (active)
    1. to topple, overthrow
    2. to kill
    3. to baffle
  2. (passive)
    1. to be foiled
    2. to fall, to be cast down (from a figurative or literal elevated place)
    3. to stagger, reel

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: σφάλλω (sfállo)

References

  • σφάλλω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “σφάλλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “σφάλλω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1428
  2. Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 490–491
  3. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “σφάλλω”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 224–225
  4. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 929
  5. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “σφάλλω”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 682b

Greek

Verb

σφάλλω • (sfállo) (past έσφαλα)

  1. make a mistake, err, blunder, lapse

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

See also

  • λαθεύω (lathévo, “to be wrong”)
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