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|Definition=fut. -πεσοῦμαι: aor. κατέπεσον, ''poet.'' [[κάππεσον]] (the only tense used by Hom.), Dor. [[κάπετον]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), also<br><span class="bld">A</span> κατέπετον ''IG'' 4.951.80(Epid.); late 3sg. opt. -πέσειεν Apollod.''Poliorc.''168.5 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] -οιεν): pf. <b class="b3">καταπέπτωκα</b>:—[[fall]], [[drop]], καππεσέτην Il.5.560; κάππεσον ἐν Λήμνῳ 1.593; κάππεσον ἐν κονίῃσι 12.23; πρηνὴς ἐπὶ γαίῃ κάππεσε 16.311,414; πρηνὴς ἁλὶ κάππεσε Od.5.374; ἀφ' ὑψηλοῦ πύργου Il. 12.386; ἀπὸ τῶν ἡμιπλινθίων [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.50; ἀπὸ τῆς κλίμακος [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]'' 840; ἀπ' ὄνου Id.''Nu.''1273; ἀφ' ἵππου X.''Oec.''1.8; ἐς μέσους τοὺς ἄνθρακας E.''Cyc.''671; ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.5.54; <b class="b3">πληγεὶς κ.</b> Lys.1.27; οἰκίαι καταπεπτωκυῖαι And.1.108, ''BGU''282.7 (ii A. D.), etc.: used as Pass. of <b class="b3">καταβάλλω, πρὸς ἡμῶν κάππεσε</b>, = [[κατεβλήθη]], A.''Ag.''1553 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">παραὶ ποσὶ κάππεσε θυμός</b> their spirit [[fell]], Il. 15.280; μήτε καταπεσὼν ὀδύρεο Archil.66.5; πρὸς τὴν φήμην τῆς ἐφόδου -πεσόντες J.''BJ''7.4.2, cf. Paus.10.20.1; <b class="b3">κ. τὴν ψυχήν</b> [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in J. ''AJ''6.14.2: freq. in pf. part. [[καταπεπτωκώς]], [[base]], [[contemptible]], [[λόγος]] Aristeas144; <b class="b3">γένος ἄτιμον καὶ κ.</b> Plu.''Phoc.''4; ἀγεννεῖς καὶ καταπεπτωκότες Lib.''Decl.''30.45; ταῖς ψυχαῖς καὶ τοῖς σώμασι Them.''Or.''10.136b.<br><span class="bld">b</span> κ. εἰς ἀπιστίαν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 88d; εἰς ἀπορίαν Id.''Men.''84c; πρὸς τὸ Χεῖρον J.''AJ''2.16.1.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">τὰ καταπίπτοντα</b> the [[accident]]s of [[fortune]], Vett.Val.40.15.<br><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">τὰς νυνὶ -πεπτωκυίας</b> ([[ἐμβολάς]]) which [[have]] just [[been rejected]], Hegetorap.Apollon.Cit.3.<br><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">ἄλλα, ἃ -πέπτωκε τούτοις</b> which [[fall under the same head]], Gal.5.723.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[have the falling sickness]], Luc.''Tox.''24, ''Philops.''16.