ἐμπίπτω,
future -πεσοῦμαι:
aorist ἐνέπεσον,
Epic dialect ἔμπεσον (see. below): Lyric poetry
aorist ἔμπετες [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
fall in or
on, with
dative, τρύφος ἔμπεσε πόντῳ [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; πῦρ ἔμπεσε νηυσίν fire
fell upon them,[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐμπέσοι γέ σοι (i.e. ὁ πύργος) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
b) Geometry texts,
meet, of a line
meeting another, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+];
to be placed, ἐὰν εἰς τὸν κύκλον εὐθεῖα ἐμπέσῃ [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
c) of a dislocated limb,
fall into place, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
fall upon, attack, ἐν δ᾽ ἔπεσον προμάχοις [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐμπεσόντες
having fallen on them, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
metaphorically,
insult, ἄλλοισι δ᾽ ἐμπίπτων γελᾷ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; so,
3) of evils, diseases, etc,
fall on one,
attack, κακὸν ἔμπεσε οἴκῳ [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὕπνος ἐ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐ. εἰς, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3.b) of words, καί μοι ἔπος ἔμπεσε θυμῷ
came into my mind, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; λόγος ἐμπέπτωκεν ἀρτίως ἐμοί
came to my ears, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κἂν περὶ ἀνδρῶν γ᾽ ἐμπέσῃ λόγος τις a report
arose, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; so τόποι ἐμπίπτοντες
available, suitable topics, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
4)
light or
fall upon, πρὶν ἁλίῳ γυῖον ἐμπεσεῖν before his body
was exposed to the sun, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also εἰς τὴν ὄψιν, εἰς τὴν αἴσθησιν, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4.b)
fall into, ἐ. ἐν ἀπορίᾳ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. εἰς τὰ πεπραγμένα, in speaking,
come upon the exploits, [
Refs]
5) τῷ ἀκοντίῳ ἐ. τῷ ὤμῳ
throw oneself on the javelin with one's shoulder, i.e. to give all one's force to the throw, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
6)
break in, burst in, στέγῃ [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
intrude, εἰς τὸ ἀρχεῖον [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐμπεσών
violently, rashly, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
7) εἴς τι
fall within the province of, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
7.b) of income, εἰς τὸν λόγον τινὸς ἐ. [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
7.c) of suits,
come before, εἰς δικαστῶν πλῆθος [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
8) ἐ. εἰς δεσμωτήριον
to be thrown into prison, [
Refs 4th c.BC+](
absolutely,
get into prison, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
9) of circumstances,
happen, occur, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
10)
desert, πρός τινα [
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