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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