σφάλλω
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷʰh₂el- (“to stumble”).[1] Compare Old Armenian սխալեմ (sxalem, “to err”), Sanskrit स्खलति (skhalati, “to stumble”) and possibly Latin fallō.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spʰál.lɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈspʰal.lo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsɸal.lo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsfal.lo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsfa.lo/
Verb
editσφᾰ́λλω • (sphállō)
Inflection
edit Present: σφᾰ́λλω, σφᾰ́λλομαι
Imperfect: ἔσφᾰλλον, ἐσφᾰλλόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔσφᾰλλον | ἔσφᾰλλες | ἔσφᾰλλε(ν) | ἐσφᾰ́λλετον | ἐσφᾰλλέτην | ἐσφᾰ́λλομεν | ἐσφᾰ́λλετε | ἔσφᾰλλον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐσφᾰλλόμην | ἐσφᾰ́λλου | ἐσφᾰ́λλετο | ἐσφᾰ́λλεσθον | ἐσφᾰλλέσθην | ἐσφᾰλλόμεθᾰ | ἐσφᾰ́λλεσθε | ἐσφᾰ́λλοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Pluperfect: ἐσφᾰ́λκειν, ἐσφᾰ́λμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐσφᾰ́λκειν, ἐσφᾰ́λκη |
ἐσφᾰ́λκεις, ἐσφᾰ́λκης |
ἐσφᾰ́λκει(ν) | ἐσφᾰ́λκετον | ἐσφᾰλκέτην | ἐσφᾰ́λκεμεν | ἐσφᾰ́λκετε | ἐσφᾰ́λκεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐσφᾰ́λμην | ἔσφᾰλσο | ἔσφᾰλτο | ἔσφᾰλθον | ἐσφᾰ́λθην | ἐσφᾰ́λμεθᾰ | ἔσφᾰλθε | ἐσφᾰ́λᾰτο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
edit- σφάλσις (sphálsis)
- σφάλμα (sphálma)
- σφαλερός (sphalerós)
- σφαλμός (sphalmós)
- σφάλτης (spháltēs)
- ἀσφαλής (asphalḗs)
- σφαλίζω (sphalízō)
Descendants
edit- Greek: σφάλλω (sfállo)
References
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σφάλλω, -ομαι”, 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
Further reading
edit- 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
Greek
editVerb
editσφάλλω • (sfállo) (past έσφαλα)
Conjugation
editThis verb needs an inflection-table template.
See also
edit- λαθεύω (lathévo, “to be wrong”)