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  • I couldn't find any definitions of this online, but it turns out to be a Latin abbreviation for "sphalma: stumble, error, mistake; sphalmate: by mistake."

    Stern, Botanical Latin.

    April 3, 2009

  • Ooh gad, we even have an etymology s.v. 'sphalma'.

    April 3, 2009