ἔκπτωσις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A breaking forth, escape, [τοῦ θερμοῦ] Arist.Mete. 370a5 ; [ὑγροῦ] Id.Resp.480a1 ; ἡ τῶν ὄψεων ἔ. projection of rays from the sun, Id.Pr.911b5 ; emission, πυρός Epicur.Ep.2pp.46,54 U.    2 banishment, Plb.4.1.8, D.S. 13.65,PMag.Osl.1.222.    3 disappointment, Ceb.7 (pl.) ; falling off, πρὸς τὸ χεῖρον Str.10.3.9 ; ἔ. ψυχῆς, error, Arr.Epict.2.17.21 ; abandonment of duty, Stoic.3.163 ; missing, τοῦ σκοποῦ Plot.6.1.10 ; falling away from, λόγου ib.3.7 ; [τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ] Simp.in Epict.p.74 D.    4 in argument, ἔ. εἰς ἄπειρον, regressus ad infinitum, Gal.5.79.    5 shipwreck, Hero Aut.22.6.    6 loss, χρημάτων Cod.Just.1.3.45.9.    II dislocation of a joint, Hp. Fract.I (pl.); ἔ. τῶν ὑστέρων expulsion of the afterbirth, Id.Aph.5.49 ; decay of flesh, sinews, etc., as result of erysipelas, Id.Epid.3.4 ; τῶν ἐσχαρέων ἔ. detachment of the eschars, Id.Art.II (pl.); prolapsus uteri, Aret.SD2.11.