ἐμπίτνω

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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλοννικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)

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Full diacritics: ἐμπίτνω Medium diacritics: ἐμπίτνω Low diacritics: εμπίτνω Capitals: ΕΜΠΙΤΝΩ
Transliteration A: empítnō Transliteration B: empitnō Transliteration C: empitno Beta Code: e)mpi/tnw

English (LSJ)

poet. for ἐμπίπτω,

   A fall upon, εἰς ὅμιλον B.9.24; τινί A. Ag.1468 (lyr.), Supp.120 (lyr.), cf. S.Aj.58.

German (Pape)

[Seite 813] (richtiger als ἐμπιτνέω, vgl. πίτνω), = ἐμπίπτω; δαῖμον ἐμπίτνεις δώμασι Aesch. Ag. 1447. 1148; Soph. Ai. 58, vom feindlichen Anfallen.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐμπίτνω: ποιητ. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐμπίπτω, Δαῖμον, ὡς ἐμπίτνεις δώμασι Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 1468, Ἱκ. 120, Σοφ. Αἴ. 58· ἐς ἵππιον ἐμπίτνων ὅμιλον Βακχυλ. 9. 24 (Blass)· πρβλ. πίτνω.

French (Bailly abrégé)

mieux que ἐμπιτνέω;
seul. prés;
c.
ἐμπίπτω.
Étymologie: ἐν, πίτνω.

English (Slater)

ἐμπίτνω (ἐμπίπτων: aor. ἔμπετες, ἔμπεσε; ἐμπεσεῖν.)
   a fall upon c. dat. τέτρασι δ' ἔμπετες ὑψόθεν σωμάτεσσι of a wrestler (P. 8.81) βαρὺ δέ σφιν Ἀχιλεὺς ἔμπεσε, χαμαὶ καταβαὶς ἀφ' ἁρμάτων (Hermann: ἔμπεσ' Ἀχιλεὺς codd.) (N. 6.51)
   b attack (with words) εἰ δέ τις ἔνδον νέμει πλοῦτον κρυφαῖον, ἄλλοισι δ' ἐμπίπτων γελᾷ (ἐμπίτνων coni. Schr., “nam πίπτω non est apud P.”) (I. 1.68)
   c light upon, i. e. be exposed to c. dat. αἴθωνι πρὶν ἁλίῳ γυῖον ἐμπεσεῖν (N. 7.73)

English (Slater)

ἐμπίτνω (ἐμπίπτων: aor. ἔμπετες, ἔμπεσε; ἐμπεσεῖν.)
   a fall upon c. dat. τέτρασι δ' ἔμπετες ὑψόθεν σωμάτεσσι of a wrestler (P. 8.81) βαρὺ δέ σφιν Ἀχιλεὺς ἔμπεσε, χαμαὶ καταβαὶς ἀφ' ἁρμάτων (Hermann: ἔμπεσ' Ἀχιλεὺς codd.) (N. 6.51)
   b attack (with words) εἰ δέ τις ἔνδον νέμει πλοῦτον κρυφαῖον, ἄλλοισι δ' ἐμπίπτων γελᾷ (ἐμπίτνων coni. Schr., “nam πίπτω non est apud P.”) (I. 1.68)
   c light upon, i. e. be exposed to c. dat. αἴθωνι πρὶν ἁλίῳ γυῖον ἐμπεσεῖν (N. 7.73)