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Ionic dialect Iterat. συμπίπτεσκον [[ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 59 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—fall together, meet violently, of winds, σὺν δ᾽ Εὖρός τε Νότος τ᾽ ἔπεσον [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.295 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of two champions beginning to fight, fall to, fight hand to hand, σύν ῥ᾽ ἔπεσον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.256, 21.387; opposed to distant fighting, συμπεσόντας αἰχμῇσι καὶ ἐγχειριδίοισι συνέχεσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.214, compare 5.112, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).51(69), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 36 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐς νείκεα σ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.120, 9.55 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a hound, σὺν δὲ πεσών [[ “PCair.Zen.” 532.7 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: with dative person, ξυμπεσὼν μόνος μόνοις [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 467; εἰς ἀγῶνα τῷδε συμπεσών [prev. author] “Tr.” 20; σ. πολεμίοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.11; εἰς μάχην θηρίῳ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.35; ἀντίοι σ. τοῖς ὑποζυγίοις 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.51.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of ships, λάβρῳ κλύδωνι σ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1393; ξυμπεσούσης νηΐ νεώς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.63; ξ. πρὸς ἀλλήλας τὰς ναῦς [prev. author] 2.84. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 generally, fall in with, meet with, especially with accidents or misfortunes, with dative of things, ἀσιτίῃσι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.52; φόνῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 113; κακοῖς τοιοῖσδε [prev. author] “Aj.” 429 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but simply, fall in with, meet, τινι [[ “UPZ” 62.10 (2nd c.BC), “PTeb.” 58.56 (2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II of accidents, ailments, symptoms, events, fall upon, happen to, τοῖσιν αὐτουργίαι ξυμπέσωσιν μάταιοι [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 337 (Lyric poetry); ἐάν ποτέ σοι σ. καιρός 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.32; εὐπαιδίας τυχεῖν ἅμα καὶ πολυπαιδίας.. καὶ τοῦτ᾽ αὐτῷ συνέπεσεν [prev. author] 9.72 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀσθένεια, νοσήματα σ. τινί, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 17a, 82c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; συμπίπτει τοῖσι πλείστοισι τοιάδε· ἐρυθήματα προσώπου κτλ. [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.” (“Sp.”) ; πάθη 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 26.18; ἡμῖν σ. πρὸς ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς φιλία 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 698c; σ. τι ἔς τινας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.137. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 absolutely, happen, occur, τῆς αὐτῆς ἡμέρης συμπιπτούσης τοῦ τε ἐν Πλαταιῇσι καὶ τοῦ ἐν Μυκάλῃ.. τρώματος [[ [prev. author] 9.100; τοιούτων καιρῶν συμπεσόντων 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.24; τῶν κακῶν τῶν σ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 101. [4] ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of heavenly bodies, coincide, [[ 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 190.9 (sed to be read συνεμπέσῃ). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.3 with participle, like{τυγχάνω}, καὶ τόδε ἕτερον συνέπεσε γενόμενον [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.101; συνεπεπτώκεε ἔρις ἐοῦσα [prev. author] 1.82; Ἀρισταγόρῃ συνέπιπτε τοῦ αὐτοῦ Χρόνου πάντα ταῦτα συνελθόντα [prev. author] 5.36 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but participle is sometimes omitted, ἐὰν ἴσοι συμπέσωσιν (i.e. ὄντες) [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1318a39. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.4 frequently impersonal or with neuter pronoun, it happens, comes to pass, followed by infinitive, τόδε σφι ὧδε συμπέπτωκε γίνεσθαι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.139 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; by ὥστε with infinitive, [[ [prev. author] 8.15, 132, 141 ] Refs]; ξυνέπεσεν ἐς τοῦτο ἀνάγκης ὥστε.. matters came to such a pass that.., [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.49: or with _accusative_ et ] Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, συνέπιπτε [αὐτὸν] ἀπῖχθαι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.35, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.68, etc.; πρὸ ρκ᾽ ἐτῶν συνέπεσε κατ᾽ αὐτὰς τὰς Χειμερινὰς τροπὰς ἄγεσθαι τὰ Ἴσια 1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 8.21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with dative et infinitive, ὅσαις ἂν.. συμπέσῃ ἐμέσαι [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 588a1; ὅταν ἀτυχεῖν σοι συμπέσῃ τι 4th-3rd c.BC: Philippides Comicus 18; εἴ τινι συνέπεσε τὸν ἀδελφεὸν ἀπολέσθαι “SIG” 306.7 (Tegea, 4th c.BC): _absolutely_, ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου, ἀπὸ τύχης, διὰ τύχην σ., 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 289b22, “Rh.” 1385b2, “Pol.” 1270b20 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ συμπίπτοντα one's lot or fortune, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 572, cf. Isocrates 2.35; πρὸς τὸ συμπῖπτον ἀεὶ διατάττων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.5.16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ συμπεσόν the incident, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1284a32; καθάπερ ἐν κατάρροις ἐνίοτε συμπίπτει 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.527, compare 18(2).185, +others ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III coincide, agree or be in accordance with, σ. τούτοισι τόνδε τὸν λόγον [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.151 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥστε σ. τὸ πάθος τῷ χρηστηρίῳ turned out in accordance with it, [[ [prev. author] 6.18 ] Refs]: absolutely, agree by chance, [[ [prev. author] 2.49 ] Refs]; εἰς ταὐτὸν σ. agree in one, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 160d, “R.” 473d, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐμοὶ σὺ συμπέπτωκας ἐς ταὐτὸν λόγου have come to exactly the same point with me, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1036. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV fall together, i.e. fall in, especially of a house, συμπίπτει στέγη [[ [prev. author] “HF” 905; πόλις ὑπὸ σεισμοῦ ξυμπεπτωκυῖα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.41; οἰκία σ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.2.24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φοβουμένη μὴ συμπέσῃ [τὸ ἰσιεῖον] [[ “PEnteux.” 6.3 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; especially of the vessels of the body, fall in, collapse, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 13, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.16, +others; οἱ κρόταφοι συμπίπτουσι 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).29 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μυκτῆρες συμπεπτωκότες, opposed to ἀναπεπταμένοι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 1.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σῶμα συμπεσόν a frame fallen in or emaciated, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 80c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀφθαλμοὶ σ. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 561a21; αἱ κοιλίαι σ. τοῦ νέφους [prev. author] “Pr.” 940b31, +others ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of plant-structures, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.4.4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; collapse, of animals, [[ “PSI” 6.584.25 (3rd c.BC) ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of the heart, contract, [[ 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “synopsis de pulsibus” 3.6 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; συνέπεσε τῷ προσώπῳ his face fell, [[ LXX.Gen.4.5 ] LXX]; τὸ πρόσωπον συνέπεσεν[[LXX.1Ki.1.18 ] LXX]; -πέπτωκα τῇ καρδίᾳ ἀπὸ μερίμνης[[LXX.1Mac.6.10. ] LXX]
__IV.2 σταφυλὴ λευκὴ συμπεπτωκυῖα dried grapes, [[ 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 9.30 ] Refs 6th c.AD+]; πάντα δεδομένα κρέα συμπεπτωκότα ἔστω μέχρι δυοῖν ἡμερῶν hung, [[[prev. passage] ] Refs]
__V fall together, fall into the same line, σ. ἐπ᾽ ἀλλήλων ὑπὸ στενοχωρίας impinge one on another, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 195a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; converge, meet, τὸ τὰς παραλλήλους σ. οἴεσθαι [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 77b23, compare 3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 1 “Def.” 23, 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ ἑλίκων” 20, +others] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ πόροι παρ᾽ ἀλλήλους εἰσὶ καὶ οὐ σ. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 495a15 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the sides of a triangle, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.14.5 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; of a river, σ. τῷ Κηφισῷ [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 16. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
