περίπτωσις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, Ion. ιος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[encountering]], [[falling into]] the earth's shadow, <span class="bibl">Cleom.2.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> = [[περίπτωμα]] ([[accidental happening]], [[calamity]], [[lucky chance]]), <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>1.144</span>(pl.), <span class="bibl">Hld.6.14</span>, etc. ; ἀπὸ περιπτώσεως <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>1.25</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[experience]], <b class="b3">ξυγκαταινέω… τὸν λογισμόν, ἤνπερ ἐκ περιπτώσιος</b> ποιέηται τὴν ἀρχήν <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Praec.</span>1</span> ; <b class="b3">οὔτε πεῖρα οὔτε π</b>. Plu.2.918ctit. ; <b class="b3">ἄλογος τριβὴ καὶ π</b>. ib.44oa ; κατὰ περίπτωσιν ἐγνωσμένον <span class="title">Stoic.</span>2.29, al., cf. Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.164S., <span class="bibl">Diog.Oen.10</span> (pl.).</span>