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|mdlsjtxt=fut. -[[πεσοῦμαι]] [for ποτιπεπτηυῖαι v. [[προσπτήσσω]] [see also the poetic [[form]] [[προσπίτνω]].]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to [[fall]] [[upon]], [[strike]] [[against]], ἔς τι Soph.; τινί Xen.:— to [[fall]] [[against]], as a [[mound]] [[against]] a [[wall]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[fall]] [[upon]], [[attack]], [[assault]], τινί Thuc., Xen., etc.; absol., Thuc., Xen.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[simply]] to run to, Hdt., Xen.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> to [[fall]] [[upon]], [[embrace]], τινί Eur.; [[hence]], πρ. τινί to [[join]] the [[party]] of [[another]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> to [[fall]] in with, [[light]] [[upon]], [[meet]] with, [[encounter]], μὴ λάθῃ με προσπεσών Soph.; c. dat. rei, to [[fall]] in with, Eur., Xen.;—c. acc., μείζω βροτείας πρ. ὁμιλίας Eur.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> of things,<br /><b class="num">1.</b> of accidents, to [[come]] [[suddenly]] [[upon]], befal one, τινί Hdt., Eur., etc.:— absol. to [[occur]], Hdt., Thuc.; πρὸς τὰ προσπίπτοντα according to circumstances, Arist.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of expenses, to [[fall]] [[upon]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to [[come]] to one's ears, be told as [[news]], Aeschin.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> to [[fall]] [[down]] at [[another]]'s feet, [[prostrate]] [[oneself]], Hdt., Soph.: c. dat., πρ. βωμοῖσι Soph.; γόνασί τινος Eur.; [[θεῶν]] πρὸς [[βρέτας]] Ar.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> c. acc. to [[fall]] [[down]] to, [[supplicate]], Eur.

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