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|Definition=-ατος, τό, ([[πίπτω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[fall]], πεσεῖν.. πτώματ' οὐκ ἀνασχετά [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]'' 919; πίπτουσι.. πτώματ' αἰσχρά S.''Ant.''1046; π. θανάσιμον πεσῇ E.''El.'' 686; <b class="b3">ἡ πόλις οὐκ ἂν ἔπεσε τοιοῦτον π.</b> Pl.''La.''181b.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[fall]] in [[wrestling]], Call.''Iamb.''1.274, ''AP''9.391 (Diotim.): metaph., [[booby-trap]], πτῶμα φιλοσόφων ἀπαλαιστρότατον Phld.''Rh.''1.8S.; [[lapse]], [[blunder]], Gal. 10.124.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[misfortune]], [[calamity]], <b class="b3">τά γ' ἐκ θεῶν πτώματα</b> [[calamity|calamities]] sent by the gods, E.''HF''1228.<br><span class="bld">3</span> pl., [[injuries due to falls]], [[bruises]], Dsc.1.128,3.1,5.117.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[fallen body]], [[corpse]], [[carcase]], freq. with [[genitive]], <b class="b3">πτῶμα Ἑλένης, πτῶμα Ἐτεοκλέους</b>, E.''Or.''1196, ''Ph.''1697, cf. [[LXX]] ''Jd.''14.8, D.H.4.70, etc.; πτώματα νεκρῶν E.''Ph.''1482 (anap.): without a gen., A.''Supp.''662 ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]], lyr.), Plb.15.14.2, ''Sardis'' 7 No. 165, Plu.''Alex.''33, etc.: collective in sg., ''SIG''700.17 (Maced., ii B.C.), ''Apoc.''11.8, Polyaen.6.18.1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of buildings, [[ruin]], [[οἰκία]]ς, κρηνῖδος, ''IG''11(2).161 ''A''120, 163 ''Ba'' 21 (Delos, iii B.C.); <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τοῦ π.</b> on the [[ruins]] (of the wall), Plb.16.31.8, cf. 5.4.9,5.100.6, Aristid.''Or.''25(43).27; [[breach]] in a city-wall, D.S.16.8, al.: pl., [[ruins]], IG11(2).199''A'' 103 (Delos, iii B.C.), Ph.''Bel.''100.45, Plb.21.28.2; πτώματα οἴκων Phryn.351; <b class="b3">πτώματα ἐλαιῶν</b> [[fallen]] olive-trees or fruit, Lys.''Fr.''203 S.; [[windfall fruit]], of the [[φοῖνιξ]], Dsc.1.109.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[payment which falls due]], PEleph.11.4 (iii B.C., pl.), ''PLond.''1.3.37 (ii B.C.).