fall out of,
ἐκπίπτω,fut. -πεσοῦμαι:aor. ἐξέπεσον:pf. ἐκπέπτωκα:—
A. fall out of,
δίφρου
Il. 5.585
; ἵππων
11.179
; ἀντύγων ἄπο
E. Ph. 1193
, etc. : c. dat. pers., τόξον δέ οἱ ἔκπεσε χειρός
Il. 15.465
;θαλερὸν δέ οἱ ἔκπεσε δάκρυ fell fromhis eyes, 2.266 : abs.,fall out,
23.467 ;fall down,of trees, Thphr. HP 9.2.7 ; οἱ λεγόμενοι ἀστέρες ἐκπίπτειν meteors,
Epicur. Ep. 2p.54U.
—After Hom. , in various relations, freq. as Pass. ofἐκβάλλω:
1. of seafaring men,to be cast ashore,
ἐκ δ' ἔπεσον θυμηγερέων
Od. 7.283
; ἐ. τῇσι νηυσὶ ἐς Ἰηπυγίην
Hdt. 3.138
; πρὸς τὰς πέτρας
Id. 8.13
; πρὸς πέτραις
E. Hel. 1211
;ναυαγὸν ἐ.ib. 539 ; ἐ. πρὸς τὴν χώραν
Pl. Lg. 866d
; of things,suffer shipwreck,
X. An. 7.5.13 ; of fish,to be cast up,
Arist. HA 601b32 .
2. fall froma thing, i.e.be deprived ofit, ἐκ πολλῶν καὶ εὐδαιμόνων ἐς πτωχηί̈ην
Hdt. 3.14
, cf. Lys. Fr. 1.1 ;τυραννίδος, ἀρχῆς,
A. Pr. 756 , 757 ; [ἀπὸ] τῶν ἐλπίδων
Th. 8.81
; ἐκ τῆς δόξης
Isoc. 5.64
; τῶν ὑπαρχόντων
Phld. Ir. p.51
W.
3. to be driven out,
[ἐκ τῆς ἀκροπόλιος]
Hdt. 5.72
;to be banished,
ἐ. ἐκ τῆς πατρίδος
Id. 1.150
, cf. 6.121 ; ἐ. χθονός
S. OC 766
, cf. Aj. 1177 ; ἐ. πολέμῳ ἢ στάσει
Th. 1.2
; γυμνὸς θύραζ ἐξέπεσον
Ar. Pl. 244
;ὑπό τινοςby a person, ἐκ Πελοποννήσου ὑπὸ Μήδων
Hdt. 8.141
; ὑπὸ τοῦ πλήθους
Th. 4.66
, cf. Inscr.Prien. 37.71 ; πρός τινος
A. Pr. 948
, S. Ant. 679 :—in Th. 7.50 the prep.ἐςis corrupt.
4. of limbs,to be dislocated,
Hp. Art. 8 , etc. ; of flesh,mortify and separate itself,
Id. Fract. 27 ; soἐ. ὀδόντες, πτερά,
Arist. GA 745b6 , HA 519a26 , etc. ; of atoms, ἐκπεσοῦσαι κατέψυξαν
Epicur. Fr. 60
.
5. go forth, sally out,
Hdt. 9.74 ; ἐκ τοῦ σταυρώματος
X. HG 4.4.11
: abs., Id. An. 5.2.17 ; of rays,issue forth,
Alex. Aphr. de An. 127.31 .
6. come out,of votes, X. Smp. 5.10 ;turn out, happen,
Vett.Val. 70.27 , al.
7. escape,
Th. 6.95 .
8. of oracles,issue,
χρησμὸς ἐκπίπτει
Luc. Alex. 43
, etc. ; ἐκπεσεῖν φωνὴν ἐξ ἄλσους
Plu. Publ. 9
;to be published, become known,
εἰς ἀνθρώπους ἀπαιδεύτους
Pl. Ep. 314a
; φήμη ἐ. ἐς τοὺς Ἕλληνας
Plu. Cleom. 5
: abs., ἀπόκρισις ἐ.
Plb. 30.32.10
.
9. depart,
ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ
X. An. 5.2.31
; ἐκ τοῦ ἐπιτηδεύματος
Pl. R. 495a
.
b. digress,
Isoc. 12.88 ; ἐ. ἐκ τοῦ λόγου
Aeschin. 2.34
; butἐ. τῆς διανοίας missthe sense, Olymp. in Mete. 7.26 ;fall outside ofa class, Alex.Aphr. de An. 169.17 .
10. of things,escapeoneunawares,
φασὶν ἐκπεσεῖν αὐτούς
Arist. EN 1111a9
, cf. Plu. Per. 8 ; ἐ. τὴν αἴσθησιν
Alex.Aphr. in Sens. 147.18
; of reason,fail, be lacking,
Arist. MM 1202a3 .
11. degenerate,
εἰς ἀλλότριον ἦθος
Pl. R. 497b
;εἰς τὴν Φρυγιστὶ ἁρμονίαν slipinto.., Arist. Pol. 1342b11 : abs.,come to naught,
Ep.Rom. 9.6 ;to be dilapidated,
IG 22.204.74 .
12. of actors or dramatic pieces,to be hissed off the stage,
D. 18.265 , Arist. Po. 1456a18 , 1459b31 : so of orators, Pl. Grg. 517a , cf. Phlb. 13d .
13. ἐ. ἑαυτοῦ loseone's self-control, Philostr. VA 3.36 ;ἐ. σκοποῦ missthe mark, ib. 8.7 .
14. of things,arise from,
ἔκ τινος
A.D. Adv. 136.3
.
15. of money,cease to be current,
IG 7.303.14 (Oropus,iii B.C.).
16. run to excess,
δι' ἀοριστίαν
Epicur. Sent.Vat. 63
; [ὁ πλοῦτος] εἰς ἄπειρον ἐ.
Id. Sent. 15
, cf. Luc. JConf. 7 .
b. Geom., as Pass. ofἐκβάλλω, to be produced,
Archim. Spir. 14 .
17. die,
χθὼν ἐκπιπτόντων
Not.Scav. 1923.35
(unless,= rubbishheap).
