πλημμέλ-εια, ἡ,
properly mistake in music, false note, but in usage, metaphorically, fault, error, especially in taste or judgement, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 22d; διὰ π. καὶ ἀμουσίαν [prev. author] “Lg.” 691a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; faultiness in metre, etc., [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.396d; ἀσέβεια ἡ περὶ θεοὺς π. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Virtutibus et Vitiis” 1251a31 (hence in LXX ] LXX+4th c.BC+], trespass, sin, [[ LXX.Lev.6.5, +others] LXX]; εἰς πλημμέλειαν for a sin-offering, [[[prev. work]5.18): frequently in _plural_, αἱ π. αἱ ἐν τοῖς πράγμασιν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.56, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]