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ἐμπίπτω,
future -πεσοῦμαι: aorist ἐνέπεσον, Epic dialect ἔμπεσον (see. below): Lyric poetry aorist ἔμπετες [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.81 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—fall in or on, with dative, τρύφος ἔμπεσε πόντῳ [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.508; ὁ δ᾽ ὕπτιος ἔμπεσε πέτρῃ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.108; ἐν δ᾽ ἔπεσ᾽ ὠκεανῷ, of the Sun, 8.485 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πῦρ ἔμπεσε νηυσίν fire fell upon them,[[ 16.113; αὐχένι.. ἔμπεσεν ἰός 15.451, compare 624; with ἐν, ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε πῦρ.. ἐν ἀξύλῳ ἐμπέσῃ ὕλῃ 11.155; κεραυνοὶ αὐτοῖσι ἐνέπιπτον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.37 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐμπέσοι γέ σοι (i.e. ὁ πύργος) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 180, etc.: _absolutely_, ῥύμῃ ἐ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.76, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.34: with _genitive_, ὠκεανοῖο 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 635. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b Geometry texts, meet, of a line meeting another, [[ 3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 1 “Post.” 5, etc.] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; to be placed, ἐὰν εἰς τὸν κύκλον εὐθεῖα ἐμπέσῃ [[ 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου” 1.9; ἡ ἐμπεσοῦσα [prev. passage] ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__c of a dislocated limb, fall into place, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 8. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 fall upon, attack, ἐν δ᾽ ἔπεσον προμάχοις [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.526, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.81; στρατῷ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 127; τοῖς πολεμίοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 8.25, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐμπεσόντες having fallen on them, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.146, compare 7.16.ά] Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, insult, ἄλλοισι δ᾽ ἐμπίπτων γελᾷ [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 1.68 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so,
Close Browse lexicon entries __3 of evils, diseases, etc., fall on one, attack, κακὸν ἔμπεσε οἴκῳ [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.45; λὺγξ τοῖς πλέοσιν ἐνέπιπτε κενή 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49; νόσημα ἐμπέπτωκεν εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.259; πρὶν ἐμπεσεῖν σπαραγμόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1253 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὕπνος ἐ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 45e: of passions, of frames of mind, χόλος, δέος ἔμπεσε θυμῷ, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.436, 17.625; ἔρως μή τις ἐμπίπτῃ στρατῷ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 341; Ἔρως, ὃς ἐν κτήμασι πίπτεις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 782 (Lyric poetry); ἐμοὶ.. οἶκτος [prev. author] “Ph.” 965; τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις ἐνέπεσέ τι γέλωτος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.28; μὴ λύσσα τις ἡμῖν ἐμπεπτώκοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.26; ἔλεος ἐμπέπτωκέ τίς μοι 4th-3rd c.BC: Philippides Comicus 9.1 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐ. εἰς.., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.43, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 443, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.48 codices, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.18, etc.: rarely with _accusative_, οὐδείς ποτ᾽ αὐτοὺς.. ἂν ἐμπέσοι ζῆλος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 942; ἐμπέπτωκ᾽ ἔρως.. Ἑλλάδα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 808. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3.b of words, καί μοι ἔπος ἔμπεσε θυμῷ came into my mind, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.266 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; λόγος ἐμπέπτωκεν ἀρτίως ἐμοί came to my ears, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1150 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κἂν περὶ ἀνδρῶν γ᾽ ἐμπέσῃ λόγος τις a report arose, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 858, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 354b, “Lg.” 799d, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 2.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so τόποι ἐμπίπτοντες available, suitable topics, [[ 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “προγυμνάσματα” 7, etc., compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.179. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__4 light or fall upon, πρὶν ἁλίῳ γυῖον ἐμπεσεῖν before his body was exposed to the sun, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.73; [θηρία] ἐμπίπτοντα ταῖς ὄψεσι 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 3.9.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also εἰς τὴν ὄψιν, εἰς τὴν αἴσθησιν, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 67d, “R.” 524d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4.b fall into, ἐ. ἐν ἀπορίᾳ [[ [prev. author] “Euthd.” 293a; ἐπὶ συμφορήν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.88; more frequently ἐ. εἰς.., ἐ. εἰς ἄτας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 216 (Lyric poetry); εἰς βάρβαρα φάσγανα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 864; εἰς ἐνέδραν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.5.14; εἰς ἔρωτα 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 235.3; εἰς νόσον 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.20; εἰς ὑποψίας [prev. author] 2.2.3; εἰς φαῦλον σκέμμα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 435c; εἴς τινα βυθὸν φλυαρίας [prev. author] “Prm.” 130d; εἰς πράγματα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.292 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. εἰς τὰ πεπραγμένα, in speaking, come upon the exploits, [[[prev. work]211; εἰς λόγους [prev. work]42, compare 59. ] Refs]
__5 τῷ ἀκοντίῳ ἐ. τῷ ὤμῳ throw oneself on the javelin with one's shoulder, i.e. to give all one's force to the throw, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 20. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__6 break in, burst in, στέγῃ [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1262; πύλαις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1146; εἰς τὴν θύραν κριηδόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 309 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; intrude, εἰς τὸ ἀρχεῖον [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1270b9: _absolutely_, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1350 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐμπεσών violently, rashly, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.81. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__7 εἴς τι fall within the province of, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 205d; εἰς τὰς εἰρημένας αἰτίας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 986a15, compare “Rh.” 1401b29, “Ph.” 196b9; εἰς ἄλλο πρόβλημα [prev. author] “Pol.” 1268b25. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__7.b of income, εἰς τὸν λόγον τινὸς ἐ. [[ “PLille” 16.5 (3rd c.BC),compare “POxy.” 494.21 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__7.c of suits, come before, εἰς δικαστῶν πλῆθος [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1300b35, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 18. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__8 ἐ. εἰς δεσμωτήριον to be thrown into prison, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 2.9, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.60 ] Refs 4th c.BC+](absolutely, get into prison, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 28); εἰς ζήτρειον 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 19 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; so ἐ. εἰς τὸν Τάρταρον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 114a: Comedy texts, εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν “Comica Adespota” 9D. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__9 of circumstances, happen, occur, [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 7.8.4. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__10 desert, πρός τινα [[ LXX.2Ki.25.11. ] LXX]
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