πτῶμα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ατος, τό, (πίπτω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[fall]], πεσεῖν . . πτώματ' οὐκ ἀνασχετά <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 919</span>; πίπτουσι . . πτώματ' αἰσχρά <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1046</span>; π. θανάσιμον πεσῇ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span> 686</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ πόλις οὐκ ἂν ἔπεσε τοιοῦτον π</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">La.</span>181b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[fall]] in wrestling, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Iamb.</span>1.274</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>9.391 (Diotim.): metaph., <b class="b2">booby-trap</b>, π. φιλοσόφων ἀπαλαιστρότατον Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.8S.; [[lapse]], [[blunder]], Gal. 10.124. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[misfortune]], [[calamity]], <b class="b3">τά γ' ἐκ θεῶν πτώματα</b> [[calamities]] sent by the gods, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>1228</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> pl., <b class="b2">injuries due to falls, bruises</b>, Dsc.1.128,3.1,5.117. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[fallen body]], [[corpse]], [[carcase]], freq. with gen., <b class="b3">πτῶμα Ἑλένης, Ἐτεοκλέους</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1196</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>1697</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Jd.</span>14.8</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.4.70</span>, etc.; πτώματα νεκρῶν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1482</span> (anap.): without a gen., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>662</span> (s. v.l., lyr.), <span class="bibl">Plb.15.14.2</span>, <span class="title">Sardis</span> 7 No. 165, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span>33</span>, etc.: collective in sg., <span class="title">SIG</span>700.17 (Maced., ii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Apoc.</span>11.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Polyaen.6.18.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of buildings, [[ruin]], <b class="b3">οἰκίας, κρηνῖδος</b>, <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).161 <span class="title">A</span>120, 163 <span class="title">Ba</span> 21 (Delos, iii B.C.); <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τοῦ π</b>. on the [[ruins]] (of the wall), <span class="bibl">Plb.16.31.8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.4.9</span>,<span class="bibl">5.100.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Aristid.<span class="title">Or.</span>25(43).27</span>; [[breach]] in a city-wall, <span class="bibl">D.S.16.8</span>, al.: pl., [[ruins]], IG11(2).199<span class="title">A</span> 103 (Delos, iii B.C.), <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>100.45</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.21.28.2</span>; π. οἴκων Phryn.351; <b class="b3">π. ἐλαιῶν</b> [[fallen]] olive-trees or fruit, <span class="bibl">Lys.<span class="title">Fr.</span>203</span> S.; <b class="b2">windfall fruit</b>, of the <b class="b3">φοῖνιξ</b>, Dsc.1.109. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">payment which falls due</b>, PEleph.11.4 (iii B.C., pl.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>1.3.37</span> (ii B.C.).</span>