be downcast

Greek Verb

1. to fall together, meet in battle, come to blows , Lat. concurrere, (Homer): ς. ἐς νείκεα (Herdotus Historicus): to encounter , κλύδωνι (Euripides); νηί (Thucydides) 2. generally, to fall in with, meet with accidents, misfortunes, with dative, (Herdotus Historicus) 3. of ailments, events, to fall upon, happen to , with dative pers, (Aeschulus Tragicus); also ἔς τινα (Herdotus Historicus) 4. absolute to happen or fall out at the same time, concur , (Herdotus Historicus) 5. with part, like τυγχάνω, τόδε συνέπεσε γενόμενον (Herdotus Historicus) 6. impersonal, συνέπεσε, it happened, fell out, came to pass , with infinitive, (Herdotus Historicus); ξυνέπεσεν εἰς τοῦτο ἀνάγκης ὥστε. matters came to such a pass that, (Thucydides); or with accusative et infinitive, (Thucydides) 7. to coincide, agree or be in accordance with , τινί (Herdotus Historicus): absolute to agree exactly , (Herdotus Historicus); ἐμοὶ σὺ συμπέπτωκας ἐς ταὐτὸν λόγου have come to exactly the same point with me, (Euripides) 8. to fall together , i. e. fall in, collapse , of a house, Lat. concidere, (Euripides); σῶμα συμπεσόν a frame having collapsed from disease, (Plato Philosophus) 9. συμπίτνω poetry for συμπίπτω, when the penultimate is to be short 10. to fall or dash together , of waves, (Aeschulus Tragicus) 11. to concur , (Aeschulus Tragicus); with dative, (Euripides) (ML)

be downcast

Greek Verb

συμπίπτω, Ionic dialect Iterat. συμπίπτεσκον [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—fall together, meet violently, of winds, σὺν δ᾽ Εὖρός τε Νότος τ᾽ ἔπεσον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of two champions beginning to fight, fall to, fight hand to hand, σύν ῥ᾽ ἔπεσον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐς νείκεα σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a hound, σὺν δὲ πεσών [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: with dative person, ξυμπεσὼν μόνος μόνοις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of ships, λάβρῳ κλύδωνι σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) generally, fall in with, meet with, especially with accidents or misfortunes, with dative of things, ἀσιτίῃσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but simply, fall in with, meet, τινι [Refs 2nd c.BC+] II) of accidents, ailments, symptoms, events, fall upon, happen to, τοῖσιν αὐτουργίαι ξυμπέσωσιν μάταιοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀσθένεια, νοσήματα σ. τινί, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; συμπίπτει τοῖσι πλείστοισι τοιάδε· ἐρυθήματα προσώπου κτλ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) absolutely, happen, occur, τῆς αὐτῆς ἡμέρης συμπιπτούσης τοῦ τε ἐν Πλαταιῇσι καὶ τοῦ ἐν Μυκάλῃ. τρώματος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of heavenly bodies, coincide, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II.3) with participle, like{τυγχάνω}, καὶ τόδε ἕτερον συνέπεσε γενόμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but participle is sometimes omitted, ἐὰν ἴσοι συμπέσωσιν (i.e. ὄντες) [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 [Refs 5th c.BC+]; by ὥστε with infinitive, [Refs]; ξυνέπεσεν ἐς τοῦτο ἀνάγκης ὥστε. matters came to such a pass that, [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, συνέπιπτε [αὐτὸν] ἀπῖχθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with dative et infinitive, ὅσαις ἂν. συμπέσῃ ἐμέσαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ συμπίπτοντα one's lot or fortune, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ συμπεσόν the incident, [Refs 4th c.BC+] III) coincide, agree or be in accordance with, σ. τούτοισι τόνδε τὸν λόγον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥστε σ. τὸ πάθος τῷ χρηστηρίῳ turned out in accordance with it, [Refs]: absolutely, agree by chance, [Refs]; εἰς ταὐτὸν σ. agree in one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐμοὶ σὺ συμπέπτωκας ἐς ταὐτὸν λόγου have come to exactly the same point with me, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV) fall together, i.e. fall in, especially of a house, συμπίπτει στέγη [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φοβουμένη μὴ συμπέσῃ [τὸ ἰσιεῖον] [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; especially of the vessels of the body, fall in, collapse, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μυκτῆρες συμπεπτωκότες, opposed to ἀναπεπταμένοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σῶμα συμπεσόν a frame fallen in or emaciated, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀφθαλμοὶ σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of plant-structures, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; collapse, of animals, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of the heart, contract, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; συνέπεσε τῷ προσώπῳ his face fell, [LXX]; τὸ πρόσωπον συνέπεσεν[LXX]; -πέπτωκα τῇ καρδίᾳ ἀπὸ μερίμνης[LXX] IV.2) σταφυλὴ λευκὴ συμπεπτωκυῖα dried grapes, [Refs 6th c.AD+]; πάντα δεδομένα κρέα συμπεπτωκότα ἔστω μέχρι δυοῖν ἡμερῶν hung, [Refs] V) fall together, fall into the same line, σ. ἐπ᾽ ἀλλήλων ὑπὸ στενοχωρίας impinge one on another, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; converge, meet, τὸ τὰς παραλλήλους σ. οἴεσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ πόροι παρ᾽ ἀλλήλους εἰσὶ καὶ οὐ σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the sides of a triangle, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; of a river, σ. τῷ Κηφισῷ [Refs 1st c.AD+]