σφάλ-μα,ατος,τό,
A. trip, stumble, false step,
AP 7.634 ( Antiphil. ), Man. 4.289 .
2. a glide, in a surgical operation, Heliod. ap. Orib. 49.8.38 , Ruf. ib. 49.28.13 .
II. metaph.,
1. fall, failure, defeat, Hdt. 7.6 , 9.9 , Th. 5.14 (pl.), etc.;σφάλματα ποιοῦντεςcausinglosses, Pl. Plt. 298b .
2. fault, error, Hdt. 1.207 , 7.10 .ζ́ ; τὰ πρόσθε ς. E. Andr. 54 , Supp. 416 , cf. Pl. Tht. 168a , R. 487b , Phld. Rh. 1.348
S. , Gal. 6.68 .