εἰσπίπτω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=fut. <b class="b3">-πεσοῦμαι</b>: aor. <b class="b3">-έπεσον</b>:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">fall into</b>, generally with a notion of violence, <b class="b2">rush</b> or <b class="b2">burst in</b>, ἐς τὰς πόλιας <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.15</span>; ἐς τὰς νέας <span class="bibl">Id.8.56</span>; ἐς οἴκημα <span class="bibl">Th.2.4</span>, etc.; of the sea, <span class="bibl">Id.4.24</span> : poet. c. dat., ἐσπίπτει δόμοις <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 1196</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> simply, <b class="b2">fall into</b>, ἐς χωρίον <span class="bibl">Th.1.106</span>; ἐς χαράδρας <span class="bibl">Id.3.98</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐς.ἐς εἱρκτήν</b> <b class="b2">to be thrown</b> into prison, <span class="bibl">Id.1.131</span>: in Poets, c.acc., ἐσπεσοῦσα δικτύων βρόχους <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span> 1315</span>; <b class="b3">ὄχλον γὰρ ἐσπεσεῖν ᾐσχυνόμην</b> <b class="b2">to go into</b> the crowd, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hel.</span> 415</span>; <b class="b3">ἐς. πέπλους</b> <b class="b2">seek shelter within</b> my robes, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1181</span>; <b class="b3">πτέρυγας ἐσπίτνων ἐμάς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">751</span>; <b class="b3">κτύπου κέλευθον ἐσπεσόντος</b> a noise <b class="b2">having come into</b> the street, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Or.</span>1312</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">fall into a certain condition</b>, δούλειον ἦμαρ εἰ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Andr.</span>99</span>; <b class="b3">ξυμφοράν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">983</span>; γῆρας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ion</span>700</span>: in <span class="bibl">Th.4.4</span> <b class="b3">ἐνέπεσε</b> shd. be read. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">make an onset, attack</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.63</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>55</span>; ἐ. ἐς τὸν πεζόν <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.128</span>; ἐς τοὺς ἀγρούς <span class="bibl">Th.2.22</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὰς θύρας</b> 'besiege the door', <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Oth.</span>17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">come in</b>, of payments, Meyer <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ostr.</span>82.4</span> (iv A.D.).</span>