ἁμαρτάνω , fut. ἁμαρτήσομαι, aor. ἥμαρτον and ἤμβροτον: (1)
miss, fail
to hit, τινός, and abs.,
ἤμβροτες, οὐδ᾽ ἔτυχες, Il. 5.287; met.,
‘mistake,’ ‘fail of,’
‘lose’ (just as τυχεῖν = ‘get’), Od. 7.292, Od.
9.512, Od. 21.155
; οὔ τι φίλων ἡμάρτανε δώρων,
‘failed not to bring,’ Il. 24.68.—(2) err, do wrong,
ὅτε κέν τις ὑπερβήῃ καὶ
ἁμάρτῃ, Il. 9.501; αὐτὸς ἐγὼ τόδε ἤμβροτον, ‘was
guilty of this oversight,’ Od.
22.154.