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ἁμαρτάνω [α^μ . . α^ν]: fut.
A.ἁμαρτήσομαιOd.9.512, Th.4.55, etc.; later “-ήσωEv.Matt.18.21, D.C.59.20, Gal.7.653, (δι-) Hp.Praec.9, (ἐξ-) Id.Acut. (Sp.)13: aor. 2 “ἥμαρτονThgn., Pi., Att.; Ep. ἤμβροτον, but only ind.; Aeol. 3sg. “ἄμβροτεSapph.Supp.1.5, inf. “ἀμβρότηνIG12(2).1.15 (Mytilene); opt. ἁμάρτοιν (for ἁμάρτοιμι) Cratin.55 (dub.): aor. 1 “ἡμάρτησαEmp.115.4 (dub.), AP7.339 (Pall. or Luc.), D.S.2.14: pf. “ἡμάρτηκαHdt.9.79, Ar.Pl.961, etc., Att.:—Pass., aor. “ἡμαρτήθηνTh.2.65, X.Vect.4.37: pf. “ἡμάρτημαιS.OC439, Antipho 5.77, etc.: plpf. “ἡμάρτητοTh.7.18, Lys.31.20:—miss the mark, esp. of spear thrown, abs., Il.5.287, etc.; “ἔρριψεν, οὐδ᾽ ἥμαρτεA. Fr.80: c. gen., “φωτὸς .Il.10.372; also “τῶν μεγάλων ψυχῶν ἱεὶς οὐκ ἂν ἁμάρτοιςS.Aj.155; . τῆς ὁδοῦ miss road, Ar.Pl.961; “τοῦ σκοποῦAntipho 3.4.5.
2. generally, fail of one's purpose, go wrong, abs., Od.21.155, A.Ag.1194, etc.: c. gen., “οὔ τι νοήματος ἤμβροτεν ἐσθλοῦOd.7.292; μύθων ἡμάρτανε failed of good speech, 11.511; γνώμης, ἐλπίδων, βουλήσεως ., Hdt.1.207, E.Med.498, Th. 1.33,92; . τοῦ χρησμοῦ mistake it, Hdt.1.71: c. acc., “. τὸ ἀληθέςHdt.7.139 (codd., τἀληθέος Schäfer).
3. fail of having, be deprived of, mostly c. gen., χειρῶν ἐξ Ὀδυσῆος ἁμαρτήσεσθαι ὀπωπῆς that I should lose my sight by Ulysses' hands, Od.9.512; “τοῦ ῥυσίου θ᾽ ἥμαρτεA.Ag.535; “. πιστῆς ἀλόχουE.Alc.879, cf. 144:—once with neut. Adj., οὐ γὰρ εἰκὸς . . ἐμὲ ὑμῶν ἁμαρτεῖν τοῦτό γ᾽ 'tis not seemly that I should ask this of you in vain, S.Ph.231:—rare in Prose, “ἡμάρτομεν τῆς ΒοιωτίηςHdt.9.7.β́, cf. Th.7.50; δυοῖν κακοῖν οὐκ ἦν ἁμαρτεῖν (i.e. either one or the other) And.1.20, cf. S.El. 1320:—so μηδὲ δυοῖν φθάσαι ἁμάρτωσιν, . . . . fail to be before-hand in one of two things, Th.1.33.
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