πτῶμα, ατος, τό,
(πίπτω) fall, πεσεῖν.. πτώματ᾽ οὐκ ἀνασχετά [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 919; πίπτουσι.. πτώματ᾽ αἰσχρά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1046; π. θανάσιμον πεσῇ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 686 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ πόλις οὐκ ἂν ἔπεσε τοιοῦτον π. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 181b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b fall in wrestling, [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Iambi” 1.274, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.391 (3rd c.BC(?): Diotimus Epigrammaticus)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: metaphorically, booby-trap, π. φιλοσόφων ἀπαλαιστρότατον [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.8S. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; lapse, blunder, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.124. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 metaphorically, misfortune, calamity, τά γ᾽ ἐκ θεῶν πτώματα calamities sent by the gods, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1228. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 plural, injuries due to falls, bruises, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.128,3.1,5.117. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II fallen body, corpse, carcase, frequently with genitive, πτῶμα Ἑλένης, Ἐτεοκλέους, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1196, “Ph.” 1697, cf. LXX.Judg.14.8, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.70, etc.; πτώματα νεκρῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1482 (_anapaest meter_)] LXX+5th c.BC+]: without a genitive, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 662 (assuming variant, Lyric poetry), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.14.2, “Sardis” 7 No. 165, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 33, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]: collective in singular, [[ “SIG” 700.17 (1st c.AD(?): Macedonius Epigrammaticus, 2nd c.BC), NT.Rev.11.8, 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 6.18.1. ] NT+2nd c.BC+]