ἐκπίπτω: Difference between revisions

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[[ἐκπέπτωκα]] :—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[fall out of]], δίφρου <span class="bibl">Il.5.585</span> ; ἵππων <span class="bibl">11.179</span> ; ἀντύγων ἄπο <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1193</span>, etc. : c. dat. pers., τόξον δέ οἱ ἔκπεσε χειρός <span class="bibl">Il.15.465</span> ; <b class="b3">θαλερὸν δέ οἱ ἔκπεσε δάκρυ</b> [[fell from]] his eyes, <span class="bibl">2.266</span> : abs., [[fall out]], <span class="bibl">23.467</span> ; [[fall down]], of trees, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.2.7</span> ; οἱ λεγόμενοι ἀστέρες ἐκπίπτειν [[meteors]], <span class="bibl">Epicur. <span class="title">Ep.</span>2p.54U.</span>—After Hom., in various relations, freq. as Pass. of [[ἐκβάλλω]] : </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> of seafaring men, to [[be cast ashore]], ἐκ δ' ἔπεσον θυμηγερέων <span class="bibl">Od.7.283</span> ; ἐ. τῇσι νηυσὶ ἐς Ἰηπυγίην <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.138</span> ; πρὸς τὰς πέτρας <span class="bibl">Id.8.13</span> ; πρὸς πέτραις <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1211</span> ; <b class="b3">ναυαγὸν ἐ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">539</span> ; ἐ. πρὸς τὴν χώραν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>866d</span> ; of things, [[suffer shipwreck]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.5.13</span> ; of fish, to [[be cast up]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>601b32</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[fall from]] a thing, i.e. [[be deprived of]] it, ἐκ πολλῶν καὶ εὐδαιμόνων ἐς πτωχηΐην <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.14</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Lys.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1.1</span> ; <b class="b3">τυραννίδος, ἀρχῆς</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>756</span>,<span class="bibl">757</span> ; [ἀπὸ] τῶν ἐλπίδων <span class="bibl">Th.8.81</span> ; ἐκ τῆς δόξης <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.64</span> ; τῶν ὑπαρχόντων Phld.<span class="title">Ir.</span>p.51 W. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> to [[be driven out]], [ἐκ τῆς ἀκροπόλιος] <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.72</span> ; to [[be banished]], ἐ. ἐκ τῆς πατρίδος <span class="bibl">Id.1.150</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">6.121</span> ; ἐ. χθονός <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>766</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Aj.</span>1177</span> ; ἐ. πολέμῳ ἢ στάσει <span class="bibl">Th.1.2</span> ; γυμνὸς θύραζ ἐξέπεσον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>244</span> ; <b class="b3">ὑπό τινος</b> by a person, ἐκ Πελοποννήσου ὑπὸ Μήδων <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.141</span> ; ὑπὸ τοῦ πλήθους <span class="bibl">Th.4.66</span>, cf. <span class="title">Inscr.Prien.</span>37.71 ; πρός τινος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>948</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>679</span> :—in <span class="bibl">Th.7.50</span> the prep. [[ἐς]] is corrupt. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> of limbs, to [[be dislocated]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>8</span>, etc. ; of flesh, [[mortify and separate itself]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fract.</span> 27</span> ; so <b class="b3">ἐ. ὀδόντες, πτερά</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>745b6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HA</span>519a26</span>, etc. ; of atoms, ἐκπεσοῦσαι κατέψυξαν <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Fr.</span>60</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[go forth]], [[sally out]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.74</span> ; ἐκ τοῦ σταυρώματος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.4.11</span> : abs., <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>5.2.17</span> ; of rays, [[issue forth]], Alex. Aphr. <span class="title">de An.</span>127.31. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[come out]], of votes, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>5.10</span> ; [[turn out]], [[happen]], <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.70.27</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> [[escape]], <span class="bibl">Th.6.95</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">8</span> of oracles, [[issue]], χρησμὸς ἐκπίπτει <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Alex.</span>43</span>, etc. ; ἐκπεσεῖν φωνὴν ἐξ ἄλσους <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Publ.</span>9</span> ; to [[be published]], [[become known]], εἰς ἀνθρώπους ἀπαιδεύτους <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>314a</span> ; φήμη ἐ. ἐς τοὺς Ἕλληνας <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cleom.</span>5</span> : abs., ἀπόκρισις ἐ. <span class="bibl">Plb.30.32.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">9</span> [[depart]], ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.2.31</span> ; ἐκ τοῦ ἐπιτηδεύματος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>495a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[digress]], <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.88</span> ; ἐ. ἐκ τοῦ λόγου <span class="bibl">Aeschin. 2.34</span> ; but <b class="b3">ἐ. τῆς διανοίας</b> [[miss]] the sense, <span class="bibl">Olymp.<span class="title">in Mete.</span>7.26</span> ; [[fall outside of]] a class, <span class="bibl">Alex.Aphr. <span class="title">de An.</span>169.17</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">10</span> of things, [[escape]] one [[unawares]], φασὶν ἐκπεσεῖν αὐτούς <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1111a9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span>8</span> ; ἐ. τὴν αἴσθησιν <span class="bibl">Alex.Aphr. <span class="title">in Sens.</span> 147.18</span> ; of reason, [[fail]], [[be lacking]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">MM</span>1202a3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">11</span> [[degenerate]], εἰς ἀλλότριον ἦθος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>497b</span> ; <b class="b3">εἰς τὴν Φρυγιστὶ ἁρμονίαν</b> [[slip]] into.., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1342b11</span> : abs., [[come to naught]], Ep.Rom.9.6 ; to [[be dilapidated]], IG22.204.74. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">12</span> of actors or dramatic pieces, to [[be hissed off the stage]], <span class="bibl">D.18.265</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1456a18</span>, <span class="bibl">1459b31</span> : so of orators, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>517a</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phlb.</span>13d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">13</span> <b class="b3">ἐ. ἑαυτοῦ</b> [[lose]] one's self-control, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>3.36</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐ. σκοποῦ</b> [[miss]] the mark, ib.<span class="bibl">8.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">14</span> of things, [[arise from]], ἔκ τινος <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Adv.</span>136.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">15</span> of money, [[cease to be current]], IG7.303.14 (Oropus, iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">16</span> [[run to excess]], δι' ἀοριστίαν <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Sent.Vat.</span>63</span> ; [ὁ πλοῦτος] εἰς ἄπειρον ἐ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sent.</span>15</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">JConf.</span>7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> Geom., as Pass. of [[ἐκβάλλω]], to [[be produced]], <span class="bibl">Archim.<span class="title">Spir.</span>14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">17</span> [[die]], χθὼν ἐκπιπτόντων <span class="title">Not.Scav.</span>1923.35 (unless, = [[rubbish]] heap).</span>