διά-πτωσις, εως, ἡ,
fall, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(1).506] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: chiefly metaphorically, failure, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 556; ἀγωνία φόβος διαπτώσεως “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.98, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.280 O., “Herc.” 1251.7, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 7.423, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.800a, etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]