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πταίω , Th.1.122, etc.: fut.
A.πταίσωD.2.20: aor. “ἔπταισαHdt.9.101, etc.: pf. “ἔπταικαMen.675, Bato 1, Plb.3.48.4, (προσ-) Isoc.6.82:— Pass., v. infr.1:
I. trans., cause to stumble or fall, “σύνθεσιν ποτὶ ψεύδειPi.Fr.205, cf.LXX 1 Ki.4.3:—Pass., to be missed, of things, Ael. NA2.15; τὰ πταισθέντα failures, errors, Luc.Demon.7; ἐπταίσθη his failures, Plu.Comp.Dion.Brut.3.
II. intr., stumble, trip, fall, π. πρός τινι stumble against, fall over, “π., ὥσπερ πρὸς ἕρματι, πρὸς τῇ πόλειPl.R.553b, cf. A.Pr.926, Theoc.7.26; πρὸς τὰς πέτρας cj. in X. An.4.2.3; prov., “μὴ δὶς πρὸς τὸν αὐτὸν λίθον πταίεινPlb.31.11.5; also π. περί τινι, μὴ περὶ Μαρδονίῳ πταίσῃ Ἑλλάς lest Hellas should get a fall over him, i.e. be defeated by him, Hdt.9.101.
3. π. τῆς ἐλπίδος to be baulked of . . , Hdn.8.5.1.
4. γλῶττα π. stutters, Arist.Pr.875b19.
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