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===verb intransitive===

P. and V. [[πίπτειν]], [[καταπίπτειν]] (Eur., ''Cycl.''), V. [[πίτνειν]].

[[falling star]]: V. [[διοπετὴς]] [[ἀστήρ]], ὁ (Eur., ''Frag.'').

[[fall in ruins]]: P. and V. [[συμπίπτειν]], Ar. and P. [[καταρρεῖν]], [[καταρρήγνυσθαι]], P. [[περικαταρρεῖν]], V. [[ἐρείπεσθαι]];

Met., [[be ruined]]: P. and V. [[σφάλλεσθαι]], [[πίπτειν]] (rare P.); see under [[ruin]].

[[die]]: P. and V. [[τελευτᾶν]]; see [[die]].

[[fall in battle]]: V. [[πίπτειν]].

[[drop]], [[go down]]: P. and V. [[ἀνιέναι]]; see [[abate]].

[[of price]]: P. [[ἀνίεναι]], [[ἐπανίεναι]].

[[the price of corn fell]]: P. [[ἐπανῆκεν ὁ σῖτος]] ([[ἐπανίεναι ὁ σῖτος]] (Dem. 889).

[[fall against]]: P. and V. [[πταίειν πρός]] (dat.)

[[fall asleep]]: V. [[εἰς ὕπνον πίπτειν]], or use v. [[sleep]].

[[fall at]] (the knees of a person): see under [[knee]].

[[fall away]]: P. and V. [[ἀπορρεῖν]], [[διαρρεῖν]].

[[stand aloof]]: P. and V. [[ἀφίστασθαι]], [[ἀποστατεῖν]] (Plat.).

[[fall back]]: P. and V. [[ἀναπίπτειν]]; of an [[army]]: see [[retire]].

[[fall back on]], [[have recourse to]]: P. and V. [[τρέπεσθαι]] [[πρός]] (acc.).

[[fall behind]]: P. and V. [[ὑστερεῖν]], [[λείπεσθαι]].

[[fall down]]: P. and V. [[καταπίπτειν]] (Eur., ''Cycl.''), or use [[fall]].

[[fall down]] or [[before]]: Ar. and V. [[προσπίπτειν]] (acc. or dat.) (also Xen. but rare P.), V. [[προσπίτνειν]] (acc. or dat.), see [[worship]].

[[fall foul of]]: P. [[συμπίπτειν]] (dat. or [[πρός]], acc.), [[προσπίπτειν]] (dat.), [[προσβάλλειν]] ([[πρός]], acc.); see [[dash against]]. Met., P. [[προσκρούειν]] (dat. or absol.).

[[fall from]] ([[power]], etc..): P. and V. [[ἐκπίπτειν]] (gen. or ἐκ, gen.).

[[fall in]], [[subside]]: P. [[ἱζάνειν]] (Thuc. 2, 76).

[[collapse]]: P. and V. [[συμπίπτειν]], [[πίπτειν]], Ar. and P. [[καταρρήγνυσθαι]], [[καταρρεῖν]].

[[of debts]]: P. [[ἐπιγίγνεσθαι]].

[[fall in love with]]: P. and V. [[ἐρᾶν]] (gen.), V. [[εἰς]] [[ἔρον]] [[πίπτειν]] (gen.); see [[love]].

[[fall in with]], [[meet]]: P. and V. [[τυγχάνειν]] (gen.), [[συντυγχάνειν]] (dat.; V. gen.), [[ἐντυγχάνειν]] (dat.), [[ἀπαντᾶν]] (dat.); see [[meet]], light upon; met., [[accept]]: P. and V. [[δέχομαι|δέχεσθαι]], [[ἐνδέχεσθαι]].

[[fall into]]: P. and V. [[εἰσπίπτειν]] (P. [[εἰς]], acc.; V. acc. alone or dat. [[alone]]), [[πίπτειν]] ([[εἰς]], acc.), [[ἐμπίπτειν]] ([[εἰς]], acc.); met., [[fall into misfortune]], etc..: P. and V. [[περιπίπτειν]] (dat.), [[εμπίπτειν]] ([[εἰς]], acc.). [[πίπτειν]] [[εἰς]] (acc.), V. [[συμπίπτειν]] (dat.); of a [[river]]: see [[discharge]] itself into.

[[fall off: T]]. [[ἀποπίπτειν]]; see [[tumble off]].

[[slip off]]: P. [[περιρρεῖν]].

[[fall away]]: P. and V. [[διαρρεῖν]], [[ἀπορρεῖν]];

Met., [[stand aloof]]: P. and V. [[ἀφίστασθαι]], [[ἀποστατεῖν]] (Plat.).

[[deteriorate]]: P. [[ἀποκλίνειν]], [[ἐκπίπτειν]], [[ἐξίστασθαι]].

[[become less]]: P. [[μειοῦσθαι]].

[[fall on]]: see [[fall upon]].

[[fall out]]: P. and V. [[ἐκπίπτειν]], P. [[ἀποπίπτειν]]; met., see [[quarrel]], [[happen]].

[[fall over]], [[stumble against]]: P. and V. [[πταίειν]] ([[πρός]], dat.).

[[fall overboard]]: P. and V. [[ἐκπίπτειν]].

[[fall short]]: see under [[short]].

[[fall through]]: P. and V. οὐ [[προχωρεῖν]]; see [[fail]].

[[fall to]] (one's [[lot]]): P. and V. [[προσγίγνεσθαι]] (dat.), [[συμβαίνειν]] (dat.), [[λαγχάνειν]] (dat.) (Plat. but rare P.), V. [[ἐπιρρέπειν]] (absol.), P. [[ἐπιβάλλειν]] (absol.).

[[fall to]] (in [[eating]]). — Ye who hungered before, fall to on the hare: Ar. ἀλλ' ὦ πρὸ τοῦ πεινῶντες ἐμβάλλεσθε τῶν λαγῴων (''[[Pax]]'', 1312).

[[fall to pieces]]: Ar. and P. [[διαπίπτειν]]; see [[fall away]], [[collapse]].

[[fall to work]]: P. and V. [[ἔργου]] [[ἔχεσθαι]]; see [[address oneself to]].

[[fall upon a weapon]]: Ar. and P. [[περιπίπτειν]] (dat.), V. [[πίπτειν]] [[περί]] (dat.).

[[fall on one's knees]]: Ar. and V. [[προσπίπτειν]] (also Xen. but rare P.), V. [[προσπίτνειν]]; see under [[knee]].

[[attack]]: P. and V. [[προσπίπτειν]] (dat.). [[εἰσπίπτειν]] ([[πρός]], acc.), [[ἐπέχειν]] ([[ἐπί]], dat.), [[ἐπέρχεσθαι]] (dat., [[rarely]] acc.), [[προσβάλλειν]] (dat.), [[εἰσβάλλειν]] ([[εἰς]] or [[πρός]], acc.). [[ἐμπίπτειν]] (dat.) (Xen., also Ar.), [[ἐπεισπίπτειν]] (dat. or acc.) (Xen.), V. [[ἐφορμᾶν]] (or pass.) (dat.) (rare P.), P. [[προσφέρεσθαι]] (dat.), [[ἐπιφέρεσθαι]] (dat.), Ar. and P. [[ἐπιτίθεσθαι]] (dat.), [[ἐπιχειρεῖν]] (dat.).

[[night fell upon the action]]: P. [[νὺξ ἐπεγένετο τῷ ἔργῳ]] (Thuc. 4, 25).

===substantive===

P. and V. [[πτῶμα]], τό (Plat.), V. [[πέσημα]], τό.

Met., [[downfall]]: P. and V. [[διαφθορά]], ἡ, [[ὄλεθρος]], ὁ; see [[downfall]].

[[capture]] ([[of a town]]): P. and V. [[ἅλωσις]], ἡ, P. [[αἵρεσις]], ἡ.

[[in wrestling]]: P. and V. [[πάλαισμα]], τό.

[[fall of snow]]. — [[it was winter and there was a fall of snow]]: P. [[χειμὼν ἦν καὶ ὑπένιφε]] (Thuc. 4, 103).

[[fall of rain]]: Ar. and P. [[ὑετός]], ὁ, [[ὕδωρ]], τό; see [[rain]].

[[fall of the year]], [[autumn]]: P. [[μετόπωρον]], τό. [[φθινόπωρον]], τό, Ar. and V. [[ὀπώρα]], ἡ.
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