Πλημμέλεια

error, fault, mistake

Translated by David Whitehead1 Mar 2004Vetting: high4 revisions

2 words

[no gloss]

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πλημμέλεια.

Betacode

*plhmme/leia.

cf. delta 95 (and for the cognate verb pi 1754).
This headword appears in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon (apparently prompted by Plato, Apology 22D), and again in Photius pi944 Theodoridis, with the etymological/punning gloss pollh\ a)me/leia. Its literal meaning is a false note in music (see LSJ s.v.), but figurative applications are common.

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