ἔμπτωσις
From LSJ
Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either
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.
