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            "lemma": "σφαλερός",
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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
                    "reference": "Bailly 2020 Hugo Chávez Gérard Gréco, André Charbonnet, Mark De Wilde, Bernard Maréchal & contributeurs \/ Licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale - Pas de Modification — « CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 »",
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                    "description": "<b>ά, όν<\/b> <font color='purple'>[ᾰ]<\/font><br\/><b>   I<\/b> <i>tr<\/i>. qui fait glisser <i>ou<\/i> tomber facilement, TH. <i>Vertig. 12 ;<\/i><br\/><b>   II<\/b> <i>intr<\/i>. qui glisse <i>ou<\/i> tombe facilement, <i>d’où :<\/i><br\/><b>      1<\/b> vacillant, chancelant, faible, ESCHL. <i>Eum. 371 ;<\/i> SOPH. <i>Aj. 159 ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Rsp. 404<\/i> a ;<br\/><b>      2<\/b> <i>fig<\/i>. inconstant, incertain, HDT. <i>3, 53 ;<\/i> THC. <i>4, 62 ;<\/i> XÉN. <i>Hell. 2, 1, 2 ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Rsp. 450<\/i> e, <i>Leg. 688<\/i> b ;<br\/><b>      3<\/b> peu sûr, dangereux, DÉM. <i>11, 3<\/i>.<p style='color:darkgreen'>•<i> Cp<\/i>. -ώτερος, HDT. <i>7, 16 ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Leg. 649<\/i> e ; DÉM. <i>154, 21. • Sup<\/i>. -ώτατος, THC. <i>4, 62 ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Leg. 797<\/i> d ; ARAT. <i>1151<\/i>.<\/p><p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. σφάλλω.<\/p>"
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                    "dictionary": "LSJ",
                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "ά, όν, (&lt; σφάλλω) <b>likely to make one stumble<\/b> or <b>trip<\/b> <i>metaph<\/i>, <b>slippery, perilous<\/b>, τυραννὶς χρῆμα σ. Hdt. 3.53; γνωμέω… τὴν σφαλερωτέρην σεωυτῷ Id. 7.16. αʹ; σφαλερὸν ἡγεμὼν θρασύς E. <i>Supp.<\/i> 508; τοῦτο δέ γ’ ἐστὶν τὸ καλὸν σ. Id. <i>IA<\/i> 21 (anap.); ὦ βιοτή… ἐπὶ παντὶ σφαλερὰ κεῖσαι Id. <i>Fr.<\/i> 916 (lyr.); πάντων σφαλερώτατον, of future events, Th. 4.62, cf. Hp. <i>Aph.<\/i> 1.1; σφαλερώτατοι καιροί Phld. <i>Oec.<\/i> p. 48 J., SIG 796 B 10 (Epid., i AD); of poems, Pl. <i>Lg.<\/i> 810b; σ. τρόπος (<font color='brown'>v.l.<\/font> τόπος) Hp. <i>Prog.<\/i> 22; σφαλερόν [ἐστι], c. inf., Pl. <i>R.<\/i> 451a, <i>Lg.<\/i> 688b; τὸ ἐπιχειρῆσαι σ. X. <i>HG<\/i> 2.1.2. <i>Adv. Comp.<\/i> -ώτερον, νοσεῖν to be <b>more dangerously<\/b> ill, Gal. 15.724. (&lt; σφάλλομαι) <b>ready to fall, tottering, reeling<\/b>, κῶλα A. <i>Eu.<\/i> 371 (lyr.); ῥῦμα S. <i>Aj.<\/i> 159 (anap.); σῶμα σ. ἐν ταῖς κινήσεσι, of revellers and sufferers from coma, Gal. 7.645; ἕξις σ. πρὸς ὑγίειαν <b>uncertain<\/b> in point of health, Pl. <i>R.<\/i> 404a. Adv. -ρῶς, ὑγιαίνειν enjoy health <b>precariously<\/b>, Gal. 6.810. of persons, where the sense often fluctuates between I and II, ἴχνεσι σφαλεροί Nic. <i>Al.<\/i> 189, cf. 400; σ. σύμμαχοι <b>uncertain<\/b>, D. 1.7; προστάτης σ. E. <i>Fr.<\/i> 774.3. Adv. -ρῶς Id. <i>IA<\/i> 600 (anap.), Isoc. 7.1."
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                    "dictionary": "Pape",
                    "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)",
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                    "description": "<i>was leicht zum Fallen, Ausgleiten bringt, schlüpfrig<\/i>, u. übertr., <i>leicht zu einem Fehler bringend, verführerisch, betrüglich<\/i>, σφαλερὸς ἡγεμὼν θρασύς, Eur. <i>Suppl<\/i>. 508 ; u. adv., <i>I.A<\/i>. 600 ; Her. im superl., 7.16.1 ; σφαλερὰ γράμματα, Plat. <i>Legg<\/i>. VII.810b ; dah. = <i>gefährlich<\/i>, καὶ φοβερόν, <i>Rep<\/i>. V.450e, u. öfter ; <font color='brown'>Ggstz von χρήσιμος<\/font>, Thuc. 4.62 ; – <i>fallend, wankend<\/i>, Aesch. <i>Eum<\/i>. 349 ; σφαλερὸν πύργου ῥῦμα, Soph. <i>Aj<\/i>. 159 ; ἕξις σφαλερὰ πρὸς ὑγίειαν, Plat. <i>Rep<\/i>. III.404a ; μέχρις ἐπὶ σφαλεροῦ ζωροπότει γόνατος, Apollnds 1 (XI.25); <i>unzuverlässig<\/i>, σύμμαχος, Dem. 1.7."
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                    "dictionary": "TBESG",
                    "reference": "Translators Brief lexicon of Extended Strongs for Greek based on Abbot-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) (=AS), with corrections and adapted by Tyndale Scholars",
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                    "description": "1. <b>likely to make one stumble <\/b> or <b>trip <\/b>: <i>metaphorically<\/i> <b>slippery, perilous, dangerous <\/b>, Lat. <i>lubricus<\/i>, [Herdotus Historicus (Refs 5th c.BC), Euripides (Refs 5th c.BC)], etc.:—; σφαλερόν [ ἐστι], with <i>infinitive<\/i>, it is <b>dangerous <\/b> to . ., [Plato Philosophus (5th\/4th c.BC)], etc. <br\/>2.  σφάλλομαι); <b>ready to fall, tottering, reeling, staggering <\/b>, [Aeschulus Tragicus (6th\/5th c.BC), Sophocles Tragicus (Refs 5th c.BC)]; σφ. σύμμαχοι [Demosthenes Orator (Refs 4th c.BC)] <br\/> (ML)"
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