πταίσοι

Lemma: πταίω

verb verb
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Definition

To stumble or trip, either literally or figuratively to make a false step, err, or fail. In the active it commonly means “stumble/err,” and in the passive it can mean “be made to stumble,” hence “be brought to ruin or fail.”

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Grammatical Analysis

"πταίσοι"

Verb type: standard (-ω) verb (not -μι)

Tense: aorist (sigmatic/first aorist stem πταισ-)

Voice: active

Mood: optative

Person: 3rd

Number: singular

Comment: Form corresponds to aorist active optative 3sg (ending -οι < *-σειε/-σαι). From verb πταίω ‘stumble, make a slip’.

Related Forms of πταίω

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