πρόσπτωσις
From LSJ
κρείσσων ἐναρχόμενος βοηθῶν καρδίᾳ τοῦ ἐπαγγελλομένου καὶ εἰς ἐλπίδα ἄγοντος· δένδρον γὰρ ζωῆς ἐπιθυμία ἀγαθή (Proverbs 13.12 LXX) → One who sincerely sets about helping is better than one who makes promises leading to hope; for a kindly urge is a tree of life.
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A falling or lying against, Hp.Nat.Mul.44; impact, αἱ τοῦ ῥοῦ π. D.S.3.44; πνεύματος Placit.4.16.1; φωνῆς Phld. Mus.p.50K., cf. Thphr.Vent.21, Sor.Fract.3 (πρόπτ- cod.), Gal.8.712, etc.; pressure of bandages, Id.18(1).770.
German (Pape)
[Seite 779] ἡ, das Fallen od. Stoßen wogegen; Plut. plac. phil. 4, 16; Theophr.
