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sphalma
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See also: Sphalma
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σφᾰ́λμᾰ (sphắlmă, “fault, error”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈspʰaɫ.ma]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsfal.ma]
Noun
sphalma n (genitive sphalmatos); third declension
- (New Latin) an error, a mistake
- Synonym: lāpsus (Classical Latin)
- 1853, Johannes Casparus Zeuss, Grammatica Celtica, volume II, Lipsia: Weidmanni, Corrigenda, page 1,152:
- Corrigenda, etiam sphalmata typographica hactenus observata.
- Corrigenda, and also typographical errors noticed thus far.
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant, neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
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