ἀποσφάλλω

A. lead astray, drive in baffled course, ὅντινα πρῶτον ἄποσφήλωσιν ἄελλαι ἐς πέλαγος Od. 3.320; μή . . σφας ἀποσφήλειε πόνοιο lest he balk them of the fruits of toil, Il. 5.567.

2. cause to err, Lib. Or. 59.147.

II. mostly in Pass., esp. in aor. 2 ἀπεσφάλην [α], to be balked or disappointed of, τῆς ἐλπίδος Hdt. 6.5; to be deprived of, φρενῶν Sol. 33.4, A. Pr. 472; γνώμης Id. Pers. 392; οὐσίας ἀρετῆς ἀπεσφαλμένοι mistaken as to the nature of . ., Pl. Lg. 950b; fail in reaching, Ἰταλίας Plu. Pyrrh. 15: abs., make a mistake, D. 26.3; ἀποσφάλλεσθαι εἴς τι go astray, Plu. 2.392b: rare in literal sense, miss one's footing, ἀποσφαλεὶς ἐξ ὕψους ἔπεσε Id. Per. 13.