ἐπισφαλ-ής, ές,
(σφάλλομαι) prone to fall, unstable, precarious, τὰ μεγάλα πάντα ἐπισφαλῆ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 497d; -εστέρα δύναμις 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.15, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1155a10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπισφαλές [ἐστι] [[ [prev. author] “Pol.” 1264b6; ἐ. φύσει βίος 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 126. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II (σφάλλω) making to fall, misleading, εἰς βλάβην [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.653d, etc. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.2 dangerous, νόσημα [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 9; νόσοι 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.413; καιροί 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.66.12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -εστάτη, χώρα [[ [prev. author] 2.29.2; τοῦ ἀγχιβαθοῦς τῶν ἑλῶν Πωμαίοις -σφαλοῦς ἐσομένου 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 7.2.5 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐπισφαλές [ἐστι] παρακοῦσαι [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 200. ] Refs 4th c.BC+] adverb -λῶς, ἔχειν, διακεῖσθαι, to be in danger, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.25.4, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 13; ἐ. βεβηκώς LXX.Wis.4.4 ] LXX+2nd c.BC+]: superlative -έστατα, περᾶσαι [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Mi.” 15. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.3 dubious, adverb comparative -έστερον Aristeas[[ 314. ] Refs]