ἔμπτωσις
From LSJ
Sophocles, Fragment 698
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.