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ἁμαρτάνω [ᾰμ.. ᾰν]:
future ἁμαρτήσομαι[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.512, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.55, etc.;] Refs 8th c.BC+] later -ήσω [[NT.Matt.18.21, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 59.20, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.653] NT+2nd c.AD+], (δι-) [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “παραγγελίαι” 9] Refs 5th c.BC+], (ἐξ-) [[[prev. author]] Refs]Acut. (Sp.)[[ 13: ] Refs]aorist 2 ἥμαρτον[[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus ] Refs 6th c.BC+], Attic dialect; Epic dialect ἤμβροτον, but only indicative; Aeolic dialect 3rd.pers.singular ἄμβροτε[[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 1.5] Refs 7th c.BC+], infinitive ἀμβρότην[[ “IG” 12(2).1.15 (from Mytilene)] Refs]; optative ἁμάρτοιν (for ἁμάρτοιμι) [[ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 55 (uncertain)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἡμάρτησα[[ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 115.4 (uncertain), “Anthologia Graeca” 7.339 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus or 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista), 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.14] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἡμάρτηκα[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.79, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 961, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+], Attic dialect:—passive, aorist ἡμαρτήθην[[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.65, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 4.37] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἡμάρτημαι[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 439, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.77, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἡμάρτητο[[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.18, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.20] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—miss the mark, especially of spear thrown, absolutely, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.287, etc.; ἔρριψεν, οὐδ᾽ ἥμαρτε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 80: with _genitive_, φωτὸς ἁ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.372; also τῶν μεγάλων ψυχῶν ἱεὶς οὐκ ἂν ἁμάρτοις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 155] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἁ. τῆς ὁδοῦ miss road, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 961; τοῦ σκοποῦ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.5. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 generally, fail of one's purpose, go wrong, absolutely, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.155, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1194, etc.: with _genitive_, οὔ τι νοήματος ἤμβροτεν ἐσθλοῦ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.292] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μύθων ἡμάρτανε failed of good speech, [[ 11.511] Refs]; γνώμης, ἐλπίδων, βουλήσεως ἁ., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.207, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 498, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.33, 92] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁ. τοῦ χρησμοῦ mistake it, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.71: with _accusative_, ἁ. τὸ ἀληθές 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.139 (codices, τἀληθέος Schäfer). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 fail of having, be deprived of, mostly with genitive, χειρῶν ἐξ Ὀδυσῆος ἁμαρτήσεσθαι ὀπωπῆς that I should lose my sight by Ulysses' hands, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.512; τοῦ ῥυσίου θ᾽ ἥμαρτε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 535; ἁ. πιστῆς ἀλόχου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 879, compare 144:] Refs 8th c.BC+] —once with _neuter_ adjective, οὐ γὰρ εἰκὸς.. ἐμὲ ὑμῶν ἁμαρτεῖν τοῦτό γ᾽ 'tis not seemly that I should ask this of you in vain, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 231:—rare in Prose, ἡμάρτομεν τῆς Βοιωτίης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.7.β,compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.50] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δυοῖν κακοῖν οὐκ ἦν ἁμαρτεῖν (i.e. either one or the other) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.20, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1320:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —so μηδὲ δυοῖν φθάσαι ἁμάρτωσιν, ἢ.. ἢ.. fail to be before-hand in one of two things, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.33. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 rarely, fail to do, neglect, φίλων ἡμάρτανε δώρων[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.68; ξυμμαχίας ἁμαρτών 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 213. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II absolutely, do wrong, err, sin, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.501, 7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.111, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 262, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1207, etc.; ἄκοντες ἡμαρτάνομεν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 336e, compare 340e] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.:—with participle, ἥμαρτε χρηστὰ μωμένη[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1136; πρόθυμος ὢν ἥμαρτες 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1630, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.1: with _dative_ _of things_, ἁ. ῥήματι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 489b; ἐν λόγοις [prev. author] “R.” 396a; τοιαῦθ᾽ ἁμαρτάνουσιν ἐν λόγοις ἔπη 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1096:—with cognate _accusative_, ἁμαρτίαν ἁ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1249, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 320: with _neuter_ ] Refs 5th c.BC+]adjective or pronoun, αὐτὸς ἐγὼ τόδε γ᾽ ἤμβροτον I erred in this, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.154; πόλλ᾽ ἁμαρτών 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 915; ἀνθρώπινα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.40: in Prose more frequently ἁ. περί τινος] Refs 8th c.BC+] or τι do wrong in a matter, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 891e, “Phdr.” 242e; ἐπί τινι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.91 (codices)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁ. εἴς τινα sin against.., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.138, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 968] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τὴν ἔλλειψιν, ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖον, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1126b1, 1118b16; περί τινα 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.7; τινί LXX.Judg.10.10. ] LXX+5th c.BC+]
__II.2 passive, ἡμαρτήθη ὁ ἐς Σικελίαν πλοῦς[[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.65, etc.: in ] Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect participle, τἀμὰ δ᾽ ἡμαρτημένα my plans are frustrate, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 621; τῶν περὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἐς τὰ θεῖα ἁμαρτανομένων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 759c; ἀπειρίἁ αὐτὸ μᾶλλον ἢ ἀδικία ἡμαρτῆσθαι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.5:—τὰ ἡμαρτημένα, τὰ ἁμαρτηθέντα, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 439, 1269, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.8.20. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 ἁμαρτανόμενος, as adjective, wrong, mistaken, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 37d, +others; αἱ ἡμαρτημέναι πολιτεῖαι [prev. author] “R.” 449a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1275b1, 1301a36] Refs 5th c.BC+]; and of persons, ἡμαρτημένοι mistaken, [[ [prev. author] “EN” 1125a19.] Refs]
