A.mistake in music, false note, but in usage, metaph., fault, error, esp. in taste or judgement, Pl.Ap.22d; “διὰ π. καὶ ἀμουσίαν” Id.Lg.691a; faultiness in metre, etc., Plu.2.396d; “ἀσέβεια ἡ περὶ θεοὺς π.” Arist.VV1251a31 (hence in LXX, trespass, sin, Le.6.5, al.; εἰς πλημμέλειαν for a sin-offering, ib.5.18): freq. in pl., “αἱ π. αἱ ἐν τοῖς πράγμασιν” Isoc.8.56, etc.
πλημμέλ-εια , ἡ, prop.