sphalma

• sphalm. (abbreviation)

From Ancient Greek σφᾰ́λμᾰ (sphálma, “fault, error”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈspʰal.ma/, [ˈs̠pʰäɫ̪mä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsfal.ma/, [ˈsfälmä]

sphalma n (genitive sphalmatos); third declension

1. (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.

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant, neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).