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|Full diacritics=ἔκπτωσις
|Medium diacritics=ἔκπτωσις
|Low diacritics=έκπτωσις
|Capitals=ΕΚΠΤΩΣΙΣ
|Transliteration A=ékptōsis
|Transliteration B=ekptōsis
|Transliteration C=ekptosis
|Beta Code=e)/kptwsis
|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">breaking forth, escape</b>, [<b class="b3">τοῦ θερμοῦ</b>] <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span> 370a5</span> ; [<b class="b3">ὑγροῦ</b>] <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Resp.</span>480a1</span> ; <b class="b3">ἡ τῶν ὄψεων ἔ</b>. <b class="b2">projection</b> of rays from the sun, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pr.</span>911b5</span> ; <b class="b2">emission</b>, πυρός <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2pp.46,54</span> U. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">banishment</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.4.1.8</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S. 13.65</span>,<span class="title">PMag.Osl.</span>1.222. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">disappointment</b>, <span class="bibl">Ceb.7</span> (pl.) ; <b class="b2">falling off</b>, πρὸς τὸ χεῖρον <span class="bibl">Str.10.3.9</span> ; <b class="b3">ἔ. ψυχῆς</b>, <b class="b2">error</b>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>2.17.21</span> ; <b class="b2">abandonment</b> of duty, <span class="title">Stoic.</span>3.163 ; <b class="b2">missing</b>, τοῦ σκοποῦ <span class="bibl">Plot.6.1.10</span> ; <b class="b2">falling away from</b>, <b class="b3">λόγου</b> ib.<span class="bibl">3.7</span> ; [<b class="b3">τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ</b>] <span class="bibl">Simp.<span class="title">in Epict.</span>p.74</span> D. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> in argument, <b class="b3">ἔ. εἰς ἄπειρον</b>, <b class="b2">regressus ad infinitum</b>, Gal.5.79. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">shipwreck</b>, <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Aut.</span>22.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b2">loss</b>, χρημάτων <span class="title">Cod.Just.</span>1.3.45.9. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">dislocation of a joint</b>, Hp. <span class="title">Fract.</span>I (pl.); <b class="b3">ἔ. τῶν ὑστέρων</b> <b class="b2">expulsion</b> of the afterbirth, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aph.</span>5.49</span> ; <b class="b2">decay</b> of flesh, sinews, etc., as result of erysipelas, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Epid.</span>3.4</span> ; <b class="b3">τῶν ἐσχαρέων ἔ</b>. <b class="b2">detachment</b> of the eschars, Id.<span class="title">Art.</span>II (pl.); <b class="b2">prolapsus uteri</b>, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>2.11</span>.</span>
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