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|Definition=fut. <b class="b3">-πεσοῦμαι</b>: aor. <b class="b3">-έπεσον</b>:—<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[fall into]], generally with a notion of violence, [[rush]] or [[burst in]], 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, [[fall into]], 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> to [[be thrown]] 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> [[to go into]] the crowd, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hel.</span> 415</span>; <b class="b3">ἐς. πέπλους</b> [[seek shelter within]] 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 [[having come into]] 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> [[fall into a certain condition]], δούλειον ἦμαρ εἰ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Andr.</span>99</span>; [[ξυμφοράν]] 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> [[ἐνέπεσε]] shd. be read. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[make an onset]], [[attack]], <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> [[come in]], of payments, Meyer <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ostr.</span>82.4</span> (iv A.D.).</span>