καταπίπτω

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English (LSJ)

fut. -πεσοῦμαι: aor. κατέπεσον, poet. κάππεσον (the only tense used by Hom.), Dor. κάπετον (q. v.), also

   A κατέπετον IG 4.951.80(Epid.); late 3sg. opt. -πέσειεν Apollod.Poliorc.168.5 (v.l. -οιεν): pf. -πέπτωκα:—fall, drop, καππεσέτην Il.5.560; κάππεσον ἐν Λήμνῳ 1.593; κάππεσον ἐν κονίῃσι 12.23; πρηνὴς ἐπὶ γαίῃ κάππεσε 16.311,414; πρηνὴς ἁλὶ κάππεσε Od.5.374; ἀφ' ὑψηλοῦ πύργου Il. 12.386; ἀπὸ τῶν ἡμιπλινθίων Hdt.1.50; ἀπὸ τῆς κλίμακος Ar.Av. 840; ἀπ' ὄνου Id.Nu.1273; ἀφ' ἵππου X.Oec.1.8; ἐς μέσους τοὺς ἄνθρακας E.Cyc.671; ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς X.Cyr.4.5.54; πληγεὶς κ. Lys.1.27; οἰκίαι καταπεπτωκυῖαι And.1.108, BGU282.7 (ii A. D.), etc.: used as Pass. of καταβάλλω, πρὸς ἡμῶν κάππεσε, = κατεβλήθη, A.Ag.1553 (lyr.).    2 metaph., παραὶ ποσὶ κάππεσε θυμός their spirit fell, Il. 15.280; μήτε καταπεσὼν ὀδύρεο Archil.66.5; πρὸς τὴν φήμην τῆς ἐφόδου -πεσόντες J.BJ7.4.2, cf. Paus.10.20.1; κ. τὴν ψυχήν v.l. in J. AJ6.14.2: freq. in pf. part. καταπεπτωκώς, base, contemptible, λόγος Aristeas144; γένος ἄτιμον καὶ κ. Plu.Phoc.4; ἀγεννεῖς καὶ καταπεπτωκότες Lib.Decl.30.45; ταῖς ψυχαῖς καὶ τοῖς σώμασι Them.Or.10.136b.    b κ. εἰς ἀπιστίαν Pl.Phd.88d; εἰς ἀπορίαν Id.Men.84c; πρὸς τὸ Χεῖρον J.AJ2.16.1.    3 τὰ -πίπτοντα the accidents of fortune, Vett.Val.40.15.    4 τὰς νυνὶ -πεπτωκυίας [ἐμβολάς] which have just been rejected, Hegetorap.Apollon.Cit.3.    5 ἄλλα, ἃ -πέπτωκε τούτοις which fall under the same head, Gal.5.723.    II have the falling sickness, Luc.Tox.24, Philops.16.