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.