"[...] that his own house had gone to ruin by his own doing, because of his enthusiasm and preeminence in this tendency."[1]
The headword is perfect active infinitive of
σφάλλω (
sigma 1716), probably drawn from the quotation that follows where it occurs in a clause of result following
ὥστε and is accordingly translated with a finite verb.
[1]
Polybius 8.9.2 (Web address 1), citing
Theopompus on King Philip II of Macedon and his womanizing. Transmitted via the
Excerpta de virtutibus of Constantine Porphyrogenitus 2.108.26-8 and quoted also at
pi 2802.
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