κατάπτωσις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A fall, Hp.Art.42; ἐξ ὀχήματος Gal.7.560; λίθου Simp.in Ph.261.17.    2 Medic., collapse, ἡ συγκοπή ἐστι κ. δυνάμεως Gal. 10.837; of epileptic seizures, Alex.Aphr.Pr.2.64, cf. Vett.Val.38.13 (pl.): hence of a spell which induces a trance, PMag.Par.1.850.    3 downfall, calamity, LXX 3 Ma.2.14.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1373] ἡ, das Herunterfallen, Einstürzen, Einfallen, Medic.