προπίπτω,
future -πεσοῦμαι: aorist προὔπεσον:— fall or throw oneself forward, as in rowing, προπεσόντες ἔρεσσον [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.490, 12.194; π. ἡ κοιλία εἰς τὸ στόμα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 507a29 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of suppliants, fall prostrate, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 63 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; fall first, in battle, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.58.8. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II rush forward, rush headlong, ἐν νάπει [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 157 (Lyric poetry); ἐς γαῖαν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 24.113 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; burst forth, π. ἡ λίμνη [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 16.2.44. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.2 metaphorically, rush headlong, [[ 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Fragmenta” 161 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἰς ἄκαιρον γέλωτα, εἰς κίνδυνον, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.83, 20.88 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; to be precipitate, come to a hasty decision, [[ “OGI” 315.56(Epist.Attali, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: with infinitive, π. πλημμελῆσαι [[ 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 1.17 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: absolutely, form a hasty judgement, Stoic term, [[ 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.291; π. πρὸ καταλήψεως “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.147, compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.1.10, etc.] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; make a slip of the tongue, κἂν-πέσωσιν.. τάχιστα διορθοῦσθαι [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.186S. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III move forwards, advance before the rest, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.20.15 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; οἱ προπίπτοντες, opposed to οἱ ἀναχωροῦντες, [[ [prev. author] 28.3.4 ] Refs]; project, of a hill, προπεπτωκυῖα ὀφρύς [[ [prev. author] 7.17.1 ] Refs]; of an animal's snout, ῥύγχη προπέπτωκε [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.3.4; -πεπτωκότες τοῖς μετώποις [prev. author] 11.11.8 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; τὸ προπῖπτον [τοῦ δόρατος] the projecting part, [[ 1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 5.1] Refs 1st c.BC+]: with genitive, project beyond, τὰ μέσα.. προπέπτωκε τῶν κεράτων [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.115.7, etc.; κλῖμαξ π. τῶν ἐμβόλων [prev. author] 8.4.4; ἡ σάρισσα δέκα πήχεις π. πρὸ τῶν σωμάτων [prev. author] 18.29.4; ἡ ἄκρα ἔξω τῶν στηλῶν π. 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.5.33. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]