2. the Pass. is also used c. gen. rei, to be balked of or foiled in a thing, h\ kai; pathvr ti sfavlletai bouleumavtwn ; Aesch. ; sfavllesqai gavmou Eur .; th`" dovxh" Thuc. Hence sfavlma
sfavlma
sfavlma , ato", tov , a trip, stumble, false step, Anth.
II.
metaph
.,
1.
a fall, failure, defeat,
Hdt
.,
Thuc.
,
Eur.
,
etc.
2.
a fault, failing, error,
Hdt.
sfaragevomai
sfa±ra±gevomai , Dep. only in pres. and impf. , to burst with a noise, to crackle, sputter, rJivzai sfarageu`nto the roots of his eye crackled or hissed (when Ulysses burnt them with the hot stake), Od.
II. to be full even to bursting, Ib.; and sfaragivzw
sfaragivzw
sfa±ra±givzw , only in Ep. impf. sfaravgizon to stir up with noise and bustle, Hes.
sfavrago", SFA vRAGOS
SFA vRAGOS , oJ , a bursting with a noise.
sfa`"
sfa`" and sfav" , acc. of sfei`" .
II. sfav" »a<Eth>1/4 , acc. pl. fem. of sfov" .
sfavttw
sfavttw , later Att. for sfavzw , impf. e[sfatton .
sfe
sfe , acc. masc. and fem. of sfei`" , = aujtouv", aujtav" , them, Il., Aesch. , Soph.
2.
as
acc.
dual, =
aujtwv, aujtav
,
Hom.
3.
neut. acc. pl
., =
aujtav
,
Theocr.
II.
as
acc. sing.
of
i{
, =
aujtovn, aujthvn
,
him, her,
Hdt
.,
Trag.
sfeva
sfeva±, sfeva±" , v. sfei`" .
sfeda±nov" , hv, ovn , = sfodrov" , furious, Anth.
II. in Hom. only as Adv. vehemently, eagerly.
sfei`", SFE `IS
SFE `IS , masc. and fem. pl. of the Pron. of 3rd person, they, = aujtoiv , Hdt. , Att. :—Gen. sfevwn , in Hom. of a monosyll.; Ep. also sfeivwn : Att. sfw`n :—Dat. sfisi ( -in ), Hom. , Aesch. ; more common in the apoc. forms sfi, sfin , Hom. , Hdt. , Att. : the use of sfi, sfin as dat. sing. for oiJ is rare, h. Hom. , Aesch. , Soph. :—Acc. sfeva±" , mostly enclit. pronounced as a long syllable, Hom. , Hdt. ; also sfa±" and sfeiva" (or sfei`a" ) Od.; sfa" (enclit.) or sfa`" , Trag. ; cf. sfe .
II.
in
Hom.
this Pron. is always personal, and therefore he uses no
neut.
; but
Hdt.
has
neut. pl.
sfeva
.
2.
this Pron. is used both for the demonstr.
aujtoiv
,
they,
and for the reflex.
auJtw`n
,
etc.
,
themselves;