ἐπιπίπτω,
fall upon or over, ἐπέπιπτον ἀλλήλοις [[5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.84; ἐπί τι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 18.7, cf. Thphr. “CP” 5.4.5: _metaphorically_, ἐπέπεσε μοῖρα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Pae.” 2.64; ἐπί τι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.89; διαλογισμοὶ ἐπιπίπτουσί τινι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Otho” 9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2. of money, accrue, τὸ μέρος ὃ εὑρίσκομες ἐπιπῖπτον ἐπὶ τὸ χρέος τὸ ὀφειλόμενον “SIG” 953.66 (Cnidus, 2nd c.BC).
__II. fall upon in hostile sense, attack, assail, τινί 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.105 [[, Th. 3.112 ] Refs]; ἀφυλάκτῳ αὐτῷ ἐ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.116; ἀφάρκτῳ τῷ στρατοπέδῳ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.117; ἀπαρασκεύοις τοῖς ἐναντίοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.4.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἐς τοὺς Ἕλληνας, variant for{ἐσ-}, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.210 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of storms, τοῖσι βαρβάροισι ὁ βορῆς ἐπέπεσε[[ [prev. work] 189; χειμὼν ἐπιπεσών 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 344d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of winds meeting one another, [[ Arist. “Mete.” 364b3 ] Refs]; of diseases, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 3; ἡ νόσος ἐ. τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.87 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so of grief, misfortunes, etc., οὐχὶ σοὶ μόνᾳ ἐπέπεσον λῦπαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1043 (Lyric poetry), etc.; ἐπέπεσε πολλὰ καὶ χαλεπὰ κατὰ στάσιν ταῖς πόλεσι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82, etc.
__II.2. come on after, ἐ. ῥῖγος πυρετῷ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.46.