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σφαλερός

σφαλερός, likely to make one stumble

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σφαλεροὶ masculine nominative plural, masculine vocative plural of σφαλερός

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σφᾰλερός, ά, όν, (σφάλλω)
  • likely to make one stumble or trip metaph., slippery, perilous, τυραννὶς χρῆμα σ. Hdt. 3.53; γνωμέων . . τὴν -ωτέρην σεωυτῷ Id. 7.16.αʹ; σφαλερὸν ἡγεμὼν θρασύς E. Supp. 508; τοῦτο δέ γʼ ἐστὶν τὸ καλὸν σ. Id. IA 21 (anap.); ὦ βιοτή . . ἐπὶ παντὶ σφαλερὰ κεῖσαι Id. Fr. 916 (lyr.); πάντων -ώτατον, of future events, Th. 4.62, cf. Hp. Aph. 1.1; -ώτατοι καιροί Phld. Oec. p.48 J., SIG 796 B 10 (Epid., i A.D.); of poems, Pl. Lg. 810b; σ. τρόπος (v.l. τόπος) Hp. Prog. 22; σφαλερόν [ἐστι], c. inf., Pl. R. 451a, Lg. 688b; τὸ ἐπιχειρῆσαι σ. X. HG 2.1.2. Adv. Comp. -ώτερον, νοσεῖν to be more dangerously ill, Gal. 15.724.
    • II (σφάλλομαι) ready to fall, tottering, reeling, κῶλα A. Eu. 371 (lyr.); ῥῦμα S. Aj. 159 (anap.); σῶμα σ. ἐν ταῖς κινήσεσι, of revellers and sufferers from coma, Gal. 7.645; ἕξις σ. πρὸς ὑγίειαν uncertain in point of health, Pl. R. 404a. Adv. -ρῶς, ὑγιαίνειν enjoy health precariously, Gal. 6.810.
    • III of persons, where the sense often fluctuates between 1 and 11, ἴχνεσι σφαλεροί Nic. Al. 189, cf. 400; σ. σύμμαχοι uncertain, D. 1.7; προστάτης σ. E. Fr. 774.3. Adv. -ρῶς Id. IA 600 (anap.), Isoc. 7.1.

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