σφᾰλερός, ά, όν,
(σφάλλω) likely to make one stumble or trip metaphorically, slippery, perilous, τυραννὶς χρῆμα σ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.53 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γνωμέω.. τὴν -ωτέρην σεωυτῷ [[ [prev. author] 7.16. ; σφαλερὸν ἡγεμὼν θρασύς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 508 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦτο δέ γ ἐστὶν τὸ καλὸν σ. [[ [prev. author] “IA” 21 (_anapaest meter_); ὦ βιοτή.. ἐπὶ παντὶ σφαλερὰ κεῖσαι [prev. author] “fragment” 916 (Lyric poetry)] Refs]; πάντων -ώτατον, of future events, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.62, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 1.1; -ώτατοι καιροί 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ οἰκονομίας” p.48 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, “SIG” 796 B 10 (Epid., 1st c.AD) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of poems, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 810b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. τρόπος (variant{τόπος}) [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 22 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σφαλερόν [ἐστι], with infinitive, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 451a, “Lg.” 688b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἐπιχειρῆσαι σ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.1.2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb comparative -ώτερον, νοσεῖν to be more dangerously ill, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.724. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II (σφάλλομαι) ready to fall, tottering, reeling, κῶλα [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 371 (Lyric poetry); ῥῦμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 159 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σῶμα σ. ἐν ταῖς κινήσεσι, of revellers and sufferers from coma, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.645] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἕξις σ. πρὸς ὑγίειαν uncertain in point of health, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 404a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb -ρῶς, ὑγιαίνειν enjoy health precariously, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.810. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]