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|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[falling into]], <span class="bibl">Corn.<span class="title">ND</span>22</span>: generally, [[falling]], ([[καρπῶν]]) <span class="title">Cat.Cod.Astr.</span>7.186. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[falling upon]], [[pressure]], <span class="bibl">D.H.9.23</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[incidence]], [[impact]], εἰδώλων <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Sent.Vat.</span>24</span>, <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Att.</span>2.3.2</span> (pl.); τοῦ ἡλίου εἰς τὰ νέφη <span class="title">Placit.</span>3.2.10. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[propensity]], διανοίας <span class="bibl">Onos.1.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[reduction]] of dislocation, Gal.18(1).325. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[inundation]] of the Nile, <span class="bibl">Heph.Astr.1.21</span>.</span>