σφάλμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

σφᾰ́λλω (sphắllō, “to fall, to be cast down”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă, suffix forming neuter nouns)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σφᾰ́λμᾰ • (sphắlmă) n (genitive σφᾰ́λμᾰτος); third declension

  1. a trip, a stumble, a false step
  2. a fall, a failure, a defeat
    Synonym: σφᾰλμός m (sphălmós)
  3. a fault, an error
    Synonym: σφᾰλμός m (sphălmós)

Declension

Third declension of τὸ σφᾰ́λμᾰ; τοῦ σφᾰ́λμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ σφᾰ́λμᾰ
tò sphắlmă 		τὼ σφᾰ́λμᾰτε
tṑ sphắlmăte 		τᾰ̀ σφᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ
tằ sphắlmătă
Genitive τοῦ σφᾰ́λμᾰτος
toû sphắlmătos 		τοῖν σφᾰλμᾰ́τοιν
toîn sphălmắtoin 		τῶν σφᾰλμᾰ́των
tôn sphălmắtōn
Dative τῷ σφᾰ́λμᾰτῐ
tōî sphắlmătĭ 		τοῖν σφᾰλμᾰ́τοιν
toîn sphălmắtoin 		τοῖς σφᾰ́λμᾰσῐ / σφᾰ́λμᾰσῐν
toîs sphắlmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ σφᾰ́λμᾰ
tò sphắlmă 		τὼ σφᾰ́λμᾰτε
tṑ sphắlmăte 		τᾰ̀ σφᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ
tằ sphắlmătă
Vocative σφᾰ́λμᾰ
sphắlmă 		σφᾰ́λμᾰτε
sphắlmăte 		σφᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ
sphắlmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • taxonomic name: Sphalma
  • Greek: σφάλμα (sfálma)
  • → New Latin: sphalma

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Ancient Greek σφᾰ́λμᾰ (sphắlmă)

Noun

σφάλμα • (sfálma) n (plural σφάλματα)

  1. error, mistake

Declension

Declension of σφάλμα
singular plural
nominative σφάλμα (sfálma) σφάλματα (sfálmata)
genitive σφάλματος (sfálmatos) σφαλμάτων (sfalmáton)
accusative σφάλμα (sfálma) σφάλματα (sfálmata)
vocative σφάλμα (sfálma) σφάλματα (sfálmata)

Synonyms

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