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