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ἄπταιστος

ἄπταιστος, not stumbling

ἄπταιστος, ον,
  • not stumbling, ἀπταιστστερον παρέχειν τὸν ἵππον make a horse less apt to stumble, X. Eq. 1.6: metaph., ἄ. ἐν τῷ βίῳ Epict. Gnom. 52; δώμασιν ἀ. Limen. 43, cf. M.Ant. 5.9; βίος Luc. Am. 46; infallible, Plot. 5.3.17, Alex.Aphr. in Metaph. 713.12; ἀλήθεια Iamb. Myst. 3.31; θεοὶ διδασκάλων -ότατοι Max.Tyr. 38.1. Adv. -τως Pl. Tht. 144b; inevitably, Gal. 14.230: Comp. -ότερον with greater precision, Ptol. Tetr. 177:—also ἀπταιστί, Hdn. Epim. 256.
      • 2 intact, Plu. QConv. 2.691d.
    • II not causing to stumble, giving a good footing, λεία καὶ ἄ. ὁδός Max.Tyr. 5.2 [34.2.f].

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