καταπίπτω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=fut. <b class="b3">-πεσοῦμαι</b>: aor. [[κατέπεσον]], poet. [[κάππεσον]] (the only tense used by Hom.), Dor. [[κάπετον]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), also <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> κατέπετον <span class="title">IG</span> 4.951.80(Epid.); late 3sg. opt. -πέσειεν <span class="bibl">Apollod.<span class="title">Poliorc.</span>168.5</span> (v.l. [[-οιεν]]): pf. <b class="b3">-πέπτωκα</b>:—[[fall]], [[drop]], καππεσέτην <span class="bibl">Il.5.560</span>; κάππεσον ἐν Λήμνῳ <span class="bibl">1.593</span>; κάππεσον ἐν κονίῃσι <span class="bibl">12.23</span>; πρηνὴς ἐπὶ γαίῃ κάππεσε <span class="bibl">16.311</span>,<span class="bibl">414</span>; πρηνὴς ἁλὶ κάππεσε <span class="bibl">Od.5.374</span>; ἀφ' ὑψηλοῦ πύργου <span class="bibl">Il. 12.386</span>; ἀπὸ τῶν ἡμιπλινθίων <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.50</span>; ἀπὸ τῆς κλίμακος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span> 840</span>; ἀπ' ὄνου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1273</span>; ἀφ' ἵππου <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>1.8</span>; ἐς μέσους τοὺς ἄνθρακας <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>671</span>; ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.5.54</span>; <b class="b3">πληγεὶς κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Lys.1.27</span>; οἰκίαι καταπεπτωκυῖαι <span class="bibl">And.1.108</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>282.7</span> (ii A. D.), etc.: used as Pass. of <b class="b3">καταβάλλω, πρὸς ἡμῶν κάππεσε</b>, = [[κατεβλήθη]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1553</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">παραὶ ποσὶ κάππεσε θυμός</b> their spirit [[fell]], <span class="bibl">Il. 15.280</span>; μήτε καταπεσὼν ὀδύρεο <span class="bibl">Archil.66.5</span>; πρὸς τὴν φήμην τῆς ἐφόδου -πεσόντες <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>7.4.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Paus.10.20.1</span>; <b class="b3">κ. τὴν ψυχήν</b> [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in <span class="bibl">J. <span class="title">AJ</span>6.14.2</span>: freq. in pf. part. [[καταπεπτωκώς]], [[base]], [[contemptible]], [[λόγος]] Aristeas<span class="bibl">144</span>; <b class="b3">γένος ἄτιμον καὶ κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Phoc.</span>4</span>; ἀγεννεῖς καὶ καταπεπτωκότες <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Decl.</span>30.45</span>; ταῖς ψυχαῖς καὶ τοῖς σώμασι <span class="bibl">Them.<span class="title">Or.</span>10.136b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> κ. εἰς ἀπιστίαν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>88d</span>; εἰς ἀπορίαν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Men.</span>84c</span>; πρὸς τὸ Χεῖρον <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>2.16.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">τὰ -πίπτοντα</b> the [[accidents]] of fortune, <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.40.15</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">τὰς νυνὶ -πεπτωκυίας</b> ([[ἐμβολάς]]) which [[have]] just [[been rejected]], Hegetorap.<span class="bibl">Apollon.Cit.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">ἄλλα, ἃ -πέπτωκε τούτοις</b> which [[fall under the same head]], Gal.5.723. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[have the falling sickness]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Tox.</span>24</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Philops.</span>16</span>.</span>