ἔμπτωσις

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Μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λόγον → Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

Sophocles, Oedipus Coloneus l. 1225
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Full diacritics: ἔμπτωσις Medium diacritics: ἔμπτωσις Low diacritics: έμπτωσις Capitals: ΕΜΠΤΩΣΙΣ
Transliteration A: émptōsis Transliteration B: emptōsis Transliteration C: emptosis Beta Code: e)/mptwsis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A falling into, Corn.ND22: generally, falling, [καρπῶν] Cat.Cod.Astr.7.186.    2 falling upon, pressure, D.H.9.23.    3 incidence, impact, εἰδώλων Epicur.Sent.Vat.24, Cic.Att.2.3.2 (pl.); τοῦ ἡλίου εἰς τὰ νέφη Placit.3.2.10.    4 propensity, διανοίας Onos.1.11.    5 reduction of dislocation, Gal.18(1).325.    6 inundation of the Nile, Heph.Astr.1.21.

German (Pape)

[Seite 818] ἡ, das Hineinfallen, der Anfall, D. Hal. 9, 23 u. a. Sp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἔμπτωσις: -εως, ἡ, τὸ πίπτειν ἐντός τινος, Εὐστ. Πονημάτ. 297. 10. ΙΙ. τὸ ἐπιπίπτειν κατά τινος, πίεσις, Διον. Ἁλ. 9. 23. 2) πρόσπτωσις, ὁρᾶν δ’ ἡμᾶς κατ’ εἰδώλων ἐμπτώσεις Διογ. Λ. 944.