πταῖσμα · ptaisma — LSJ
stumble, trip, false step, mistake
The corpus record
πταῖσμα
ptaisma · τό
stumble, trip, false step, mistake
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Distribution
- Answer to Philip's Letter 1 · 7.76/10k
- Second Olynthiac 1 · 4.89/10k
- On the Chersonese 1 · 2.37/10k
- Fourth Philippic 1 · 2.26/10k
- Regnorum I 1 · 0.54/10k
- Discourses 2 · 0.27/10k
- Histories 1 · 0.05/10k
Senses
Attestations
- πταῖσμα · ptaisma Epictetus, Discourses 1.28 (DIORISIS sentence 1542)
- πταίσματα · ptaismata Epictetus, Discourses 1.28 (DIORISIS sentence 1547)
- πταῖσμα · ptaisma Herodotus, Histories 7.149.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7913)
- πταῖσμα · ptaisma Septuaginta, Regnorum I 6 (DIORISIS sentence 109)
- πταῖσμα · ptaisma Demosthenes, Second Olynthiac 9 (DIORISIS sentence 24)
- πταῖσμα · ptaisma Demosthenes, On the Chersonese 41 (DIORISIS sentence 101)
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