ἐπικαταπίπτω
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
A fall upon, Luc.Anach.1; γαίῃ Q.S.3.399. 2. metaph., fall to the lot of, λυγρῷ ἐπικάππεσεν ὄλβος Id.7.78.
German (Pape)
[Seite 946] (s. πίπτω), darüber herfallen; Luc. Anachars. 1; Sext. Emp. adv. geom. 27.
French (Bailly abrégé)
tomber sur.
Étymologie: ἐπί, καταπίπτω.
Greek Monolingual
ἐπικαταπίπτω (AM) καταπίπτω
1. πέφτω πάνω σε κάποιον ή σε κάτι («εἶτ’ ἐπικαταπεσὼν ἀνακύπτειν οὐκ ἐᾷ», Λουκιαν.)
2. περιλαμβάνομαι στο μερίδιο κάποιου.
Greek Monotonic
ἐπικαταπίπτω: μέλ. -πεσοῦμαι, ρίχνομαι, πέφτω πάνω σε κάποιον, σε Λουκ.