ἐκπίπτω

ἐκπίπτω, [tense] fut. -πεσοῦμαι : [tense] aor. ἐξέπεσον : [tense] pf. ἐκπέπτωκα :—

A 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

; θαλερὸν δέ οἱ ἔκπεσε δάκρυ fell from his eyes, 2.266 : abs., fall out, 23.467 ; fall down, of trees, Thphr.HP9.2.7 ;

οἱ λεγόμενοι ἀστέρες ἐκπίπτειν

meteors,

Epicur. Ep.2p.54U.

—After Hom., in various relations, freq. as [voice] Pass. of ἐκβάλλω :

1 of seafaring men, to be cast ashore,

ἐκ δ' ἔπεσον θυμηγερέων Od.7.283

;

ἐ. τῇσι νηυσὶ ἐς Ἰηπυγίην Hdt.3.138

;

πρὸς τὰς πέτρας Id.8.13

;

πρὸς πέτραις E.Hel.1211

; ναυαγὸν ἐ. ib.539 ;

ἐ. πρὸς τὴν χώραν Pl.Lg.866d

; of things, suffer shipwreck, X.An.7.5.13 ; of fish, to be cast up, Arist.HA601b32.

2 fall from a thing, i.e. be deprived of it,

ἐκ πολλῶν καὶ εὐδαιμόνων ἐς πτωχηΐην 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.

3 to be driven out,

[ἐκ τῆς ἀκροπόλιος] Hdt.5.72

; to be banished,

ἐ. ἐκ τῆς πατρίδος Id.1.150

, cf. 6.121 ;

ἐ. χθονός S.OC766

, cf. Aj.1177 ;

ἐ. πολέμῳ ἢ στάσει Th.1.2

;

γυμνὸς θύραζ ἐξέπεσον Ar.Pl.244

; ὑπό τινος by a person,

ἐκ Πελοποννήσου ὑπὸ Μήδων Hdt.8.141

;

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.

4 of limbs, to be dislocated, Hp.Art.8, etc. ; of flesh, mortify and separate itself, Id.Fract. 27 ; so ἐ. ὀδόντες, πτερά, Arist.GA745b6, HA519a26, etc. ; of atoms,

ἐκπεσοῦσαι κατέψυξαν Epicur.Fr.60

.

5 go forth, sally out, Hdt.9.74 ;

ἐκ τοῦ σταυρώματος X.HG4.4.11

: abs., Id.An.5.2.17 ; of rays, issue forth, Alex. Aphr. de An.127.31.

6 come out, of votes, X.Smp.5.10 ; turn out, happen, Vett.Val.70.27, al.

7 escape, Th.6.95.

8 of oracles, issue,

χρησμὸς ἐκπίπτει Luc.Alex.43

, etc. ;

ἐκπεσεῖν φωνὴν ἐξ ἄλσους Plu.Publ.9

; to be published, become known,

εἰς ἀνθρώπους ἀπαιδεύτους Pl.Ep.314a

;

φήμη ἐ. ἐς τοὺς Ἕλληνας Plu.Cleom.5

: abs.,

ἀπόκρισις ἐ. Plb.30.32.10

.

9 depart,

ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ X.An.5.2.31

;

ἐκ τοῦ ἐπιτηδεύματος Pl.R.495a

.

b digress, Isoc.12.88 ;

ἐ. ἐκ τοῦ λόγου Aeschin. 2.34

; but ἐ. τῆς διανοίας miss the sense, Olymp.in Mete.7.26 ; fall outside of a class, Alex.Aphr. de An.169.17.

10 of things, escape one unawares,

φασὶν ἐκπεσεῖν αὐτούς Arist.EN1111a9

, cf. Plu.Per.8 ;

ἐ. τὴν αἴσθησιν Alex.Aphr. in Sens. 147.18

; of reason, fail, be lacking, Arist.MM1202a3.

11 degenerate,

εἰς ἀλλότριον ἦθος Pl.R.497b

; εἰς τὴν Φρυγιστὶ ἁρμονίαν slip into.., Arist.Pol.1342b11 : abs., come to naught, Ep.Rom.9.6 ; to be dilapidated, IG22.204.74.

12 of actors or dramatic pieces, to be hissed off the stage, D.18.265, Arist.Po.1456a18, 1459b31 : so of orators, Pl.Grg.517a, cf.Phlb.13d.

13 ἐ. ἑαυτοῦ lose one's self-control, Philostr.VA3.36 ; ἐ. σκοποῦ miss the mark, ib.8.7.

14 of things, arise from,

ἔκ τινος A.D.Adv.136.3

.

15 of money, cease to be current, IG7.303.14 (Oropus, iii B.C.).

16 run to excess,

δι' ἀοριστίαν Epicur.Sent.Vat.63

;

[ὁ πλοῦτος] εἰς ἄπειρον ἐ. Id.Sent.15

, cf.Luc.JConf.7.

b Geom., as [voice] Pass. of ἐκβάλλω, to be produced, Archim.Spir.14.

17 die,

χθὼν ἐκπιπτόντων Not.Scav.1923.35

(unless, = rubbish heap).