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|Definition=fut. εἰσπεσοῦμαι: aor. <b class="b3">εἰσέπεσον</b>:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[fall into]], generally with a notion of [[violence]], [[rush in]] or [[burst in]], ἐς τὰς πόλιας [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.15; ἐς τὰς νέας Id.8.56; ἐς οἴκημα Th.2.4, etc.; of the sea, Id.4.24: ''poet.'' c. dat., ἐσπίπτει δόμοις E.''Ion'' 1196.<br><span class="bld">2</span> simply, [[fall into]], ἐς χωρίον Th.1.106; ἐς χαράδρας Id.3.98, etc.; [[εἰσπίπτω ἐς εἱρκτήν]] to [[be thrown into prison]], Id.1.131: in Poets, c.acc., ἐσπεσοῦσα δικτύων βρόχους [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]'' 1315; <b class="b3">ὄχλον γὰρ ἐσπεσεῖν ᾐσχυνόμην</b> to [[go into]] the [[crowd]], Id.''Hel.'' 415; <b class="b3">ἐσπίπτων πέπλους</b> [[seek]] [[shelter]] within my [[robe]]s, Id.''Tr.''1181; <b class="b3">πτέρυγας ἐσπίτνων ἐμάς</b> ib.751; <b class="b3">κτύπου κέλευθον ἐσπεσόντος</b> a [[noise]] having [[come into]] the [[street]], Id.''Or.''1312.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[fall into a certain condition]], [[δούλειος|δούλειον]] [[ἦμαρ]] εἰ. Id.''Andr.''99; [[ξυμφορά]]ν ib.983; [[γῆρας]] Id.''Ion''700: in Th.4.4 [[ἐνέπεσε]] should be read.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[make an onset]], [[attack]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 1.63, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''55; ἐ. ἐς τὸν πεζόν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.128; ἐς τοὺς ἀγρούς Th.2.22; [[εἰσπίπτω ἐπὶ τὰς θύρας]] '[[besiege the door]]', Plu. ''Oth.''17.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[come in]], of payments, Meyer ''Ostr.''82.4 (iv A.D.).