The corpus record

ἀκρο-σφᾰλής

akrosphales

apt to trip, unsteady

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Where it lives

Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

ἀκρο-σφᾰλής · akro-sphalēs — LSJ

apt to trip, unsteady, precarious, insecure

apt to trip, unsteady, Plu. QConv. 2.713b; ἀ. πρὸς ὑγίειαν precarious in health, Pl. R. 404b; ἀ. οὐσίαι insecure, Phld. Oec. p.47 J.; ψυχὴ ἐν εὐτυχίᾳ ἀ. Max.Tyr. 5.2. Adv. -ῶς, διακεῖσθαι Phld. Oec. p.49 J.; ἔχειν Plu. QConv. 2.682d.

II apt to throw down, slippery, dangerous

Act., apt to throw down, slippery, dangerous, Plb. 9.19.7.

In the wild

ἀκροσφαλεῖς · akrosphaleis Plato, Republic 3.404 (DIORISIS sentence 1855)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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