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|txtha=πτώματος, τό ([[πίπτω]], [[perfect]] [[πέπτωκα]]);<br /><b class="num">1.</b> in Greek writings from Aeschylus down, a [[fall]], [[downfall]]; [[metaphorically]], a [[failure]], [[defeat]], [[calamity]]; an [[error]] [[lapse]], [[sin]].<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[that]] [[which]] is [[fallen]]; [[hence]], [[with]] the genitive of a [[person]] or [[with]] νεκροῦ added, the ([[fallen]]) [[body]] of [[one]] [[dead]] or [[slain]], a [[corpse]], carcase; [[later]] [[also]] [[with]] νεκροῦ omitted ([[Polybius]], the Sept., [[Philo]], Joseph, [[Plutarch]], Herodian), cf. Thomas Magister, p. 765 (edited by Ritschl, p. 290,14); Phryn. ed. Lob., p. 375; (Winer's Grammar, 23), and so in the N. T.: L T Tr WH; L T Tr WH; τίνος, Revelation 11:8,9.