πρὸς τὸ πῖπτον

πίπτω, [dialect] Aeol. [full] πίσσω, acc. to Gramm. in Hilgard

A Exc. ex libris Herodiani p.28 (cf. Hdn.Gr.2.377 note); poet. subj.

πίπτῃσι Pl.Com. 153.5

: [dialect] Ep. [tense] impf.

πῖπτον Il.8.67

, etc. (for the quantity of ι cf. Hdn. Gr.2.10); [dialect] Ion. πίπτεσκον ( συμ-) Emp.59.2: [tense] fut.

πεσοῦμαι A.Ch. 971

(lyr.), etc.; [dialect] Ion.[ per.] 3pl.

πεσέονται Il.11.824

, [ per.] 3sg.

πεσέεται Hdt.7.163

, 168: [tense] aor. ἔπεσον, inf. πεσεῖν, Il.13.178, etc.; [ per.] 2sg. opt.

πεσοίης Polem.Call. 10.14

; [dialect] Aeol. and [dialect] Dor.

ἔπετον Alc.60

, Pi.O.7.69, P.5.50, ([etym.] κάπετον) O.8.38, (ἐμ-) P.8.81, cf. Isyll.8, IG14.642 ([place name] Thurii); in later writers ἔπεσα, Orph.A. 521, LXX Le.9.24, al., f.l. in E.Tr. 291 ( προς-): [tense] pf.

πέπτωκα A.Eu. 147

, Ar.Ra. 970, etc.; [dialect] Ep. part. πεπτεώς, εῶτος (the εω forming one syll. by synizesis), Il.21.503, etc.; also πεπτηώς, ηυῖα, Od.14.354, Simon.183.7, Hp.Mul.1.69, A.R.4.1298, AP7.427 (Antip. Sid.), cf. πτήσσω; Trag. part.

πεπτώς S.Aj. 828

, Ant. 697. (Redupl. from πετ-, which appears in [dialect] Aeol. and [dialect] Dor. [tense] aor. ἔ-πετ-ον (v. supr.), and the poet. form πίτ-νω; cogn. with πέτομαι, q.v.)

A Radical sense, fall down, and (when intentional) cast oneself down, πρηνέα πεσεῖν, ὕπτιος πέσεν, Il.6.307, 15.435, etc.;

νιφάδες.. π. θαμειαί 12.278

;

ὀπίσω πέσεν Od.12.410

; etc.:—Constr., with Preps., in Hom. almost always ἐν.., ἐν κονίῃσι π. fall in the dust, i.e. to rise no more, Il.11.425, cf. 13.205;

ἐν αἵματι καὶ κονίῃσι πεπτεῶτας Od.22.384

; π. ἐν ἀγκοίνῃσί τινος fall into his arms, Hes.Fr.142.5; ἐν χθονὶ πεπτηώς Simon.l.c. (cf. πτήσσω)

π. ἐν δεμνίοις E.Or.35

, cf. A.Pers. 125 (lyr.) (v. infr. B. 1): rare in Prose,

π. ἐν ποταμῷ X.Ages.1.32

: c. dat. only,

πεδίῳ πέσε Il.5.82

; δεμνίοις π. E.Or.88 (s. v.l.);

π. ἐπὶ χθονί Od.24.535

;

οὐδέ οἱ ὕπνος πῖπτεν ἐπὶ βλεφάροις Hes.Fr.188.4

;

ἐπὶ γᾷ S.Ant. 134

(lyr.);

πρὸς πέδῳ E.Ba. 605

;

πρὸς ἀγκάλαις Id. Ion 962

;

ἀμφὶ σώμασίν τινων A.Ag. 326

: with a Prep. of motion first in Hes.,

Πληϊάδες π. ἐς πόντον Op. 620

; [

ποταμὸς] εἰς ἅλα Th. 791

;

εἰς ἄντλον E.Hec. 1025

(lyr.);

ἐπὶ γᾶν π. αἷμα A.Ag. 1019

(lyr.);

ἐπὶ στόμα X.Cyn.10.13

;

πρὸς οὖδας E.Hec. 405

.

2 in Hom. with Advs. of motion as well as of rest, χαμάδις π. Il.7.16, 15.714, etc.; χαμαὶ π. 4.482, cf. 14.418, etc.;

π. ἔραζε 12.156

, cf. Od.22.280.

3 with Preps. denoting the point from which one falls,

ἀπ' ὤμων χαμαὶ πέσε Il.16.803

;

ἀπ' οὐρανοῦ A.Fr.44.3

;

ἀπό τινος ὄνου Pl. Lg. 701d

;

ἐκ χειρῶν π. ἡνία Il.5.583

;

π. ἐκ νηός Od.12.417

;

πεσὼν ἐκ νηὸς ἀποφθίμην ἐνὶ πόντῳ 10.51

.

4 Geom., of perpendiculars or parts of applied figures, π. ἐπί τι fall upon, Euc.3.11, Archim.Fluit. 2.8, al., Apollon.Perg.Con.1.2; but π. ἐπί τι, ποτί τι, intersect, meet, Archim.Con.Sph.16, Spir.15; π. διά τινος pass through, Id.Con.Sph. 17;

π. κατά τινος Id.Sph.Cyl.1

Def.2;

ἐπί τι κατά τινα Apollon.Perg. Con.1.2

.

B Special usages:

I πίπτειν ἔν τισι fall violently upon, attack,

ἐνὶ νήεσσι πέσωμεν Il.13.742

(but ἐν νήεσσι πεσόντες tumbling into the ships, 2.175); ἐν βουσὶ π. S.Aj. 375 (lyr.); Ἔρως, ὃς ἐν κτήμασι π. Id.Ant. 782(lyr.); ἐπ' ἀλλήλοισι, of combatants, Hes.Sc. 379, cf. 375;

πρὸς μῆλα καὶ ποίμνας S.Aj. 1061

;

πρὸς πύλαις A.Th. 462

.

2 throw oneself down, fall down, πρὸς βρέτη θεῶν ib. 185 ;

ἀμφὶ σὸν γόνυ E.Hec. 787

; ἐς γόνατα on one's knees, of a wrestler, Simon.156 ;

ἐς τὸν ὦμον Ar.Eq. 571

.

II fall in battle,

πῖπτε δὲ λαός Il.8.67

, etc.; οἱ πεπτωκότες the fallen, X.Cyr.1.4.24 ;

νέκυες πίπτοντες Il.10.200

;

νεκροὶ περὶ νεκροῖς πεπτωκότες E.Ph. 881

;

πεσήματα.. πέπτωκε δοριπετῆ νεκρῶν Id.Andr. 653

;

π. ὑπὸ Ἀθηναίων Hdt.9.67

;

ὡς.. θάμνοι πρόρριζοι πίπτουσι.., ὣς ἄρ' ὑπ' Ἀτρεΐδῃ πῖπτε κάρηνα Τρώων Il.11.157

, cf. 500, etc. ;

τὸ Περσῶν ἄνθος οἴχεται πεσόν A.Pers. 252

.

2 fall, be ruined,

δόμον δοκοῦντα κάρτα νῦν πεπτωκέναι Id.Ch. 263

, cf. Pl.Phlb.22 e;

πεσεῖν.. πτώματ' οὐκ ἀνασχετά A.Pr. 919

, cf. Pl.La. 181b ;

στάντες τ' ἐς ὀρθὸν καὶ πεσόντες ὕστερον S.OT50

; ἀβουλίᾳ, ἐξ ἀβουλίας π., Id.El. 429, 398 ;

ἀπὸ σμικροῦ κακοῦ Id.Aj. 1078

; of an army,

μεγάλα πεσόντα πρήγματα ὑπὸ ἡσσόνων Hdt.7.18

, cf. Th.2.89 ;

ὁ Ξέρξεω στρατὸς αὐτὸς ὑπ' ἑωυτοῦ ἔπιπτε Hdt.8.16

; of a city,

π. δορί E.Hec. 5

.

3 fall, sink, ἄνεμος πέσε the wind fell, Od.19.202 (but in Hes. Op. 547, Βορέαο πεσόντος is used for ἐμπεσόντος, falling on, blowing on one): metaph,

πέπτωκεν κομπάσματα A.Th. 794

, cf. S.Ant. 474 : c. dat., ταῖς ἐλπίσι πεσεῖν fail in one's hopes, Plb.1.87.1.

4 fall short, fail, Pl.Phd. 100e ; of a playwright, fail, Ar.Eq. 540.

III πίπτειν ἔκ τινος fall out of, lose a thing, unintentionally, σοι ἐκ θυμοῦ πεσέειν fall out of, lose thy favour, Il.23.595 ; ἐξ ἐλπίδων π. E.Fr.420.5 ;

τοὔμπαλιν π. φρενῶν Id.Hipp. 390

; also of set purpose, ἐξ ἀρκύων π. escape from.., A.Eu. 147 ;

ἔξω τῶν κακῶν Ar.Ra. 970

.

2 reversely, πολλὴν ἐς κακότητα π. Thgn.42 ;

εἰς ἄτην Sol.13.68

;

εἰς δουλοσύνην Id.9.4

;

ἐς δάκρυα Hdt.6.21

;

ἐς νόσον A.Pr. 478

; εἰς ἔρον, ἔριν, ὀργήν, φόβον, ἀνάγκας, E.IT 1172, Fr.578.8, Or. 696, Ph.69, Th.3.82 ; also ἐν γυιοπέδαις π. Pi.P.2.41 ;

ἐν μέσοις ἀρκυστάτοις S.El. 1476

;

ἐν φόβῳ E.Or. 1418

(lyr.) ;

ἐν σολοικισμῷ Luc.Sol.3

;

πρὸς τόλμαν S.Ichn. 11

: c. dat. only,

π. δυσπραξίαις Id.Aj. 759

;

αἰσχύνῃ Id.Tr. 597

, etc.; οὐκ ἔχω ποῖ γνώμης πέσω I know not which way to turn, ib. 705.

3 εἰς ὕπνον π. fall asleep, Id.Ph. 826 ; but

ἐν ὕπνῳ Pi.I.4(3).23

; simply ὕπνῳ, A.Eu.68.

4 π. εἰς (ἰατρικὴν) χρῆσιν to be applied to (medicinal) use, Dsc.5.19,151,al.

5 π. ὑπ' αἴσθησιν to be accessible to perception, Iamb.Comm.Math.8, in Nic.p.7 P.

IV πίπτειν μετὰ ποσσὶ γυναικός to fall between her feet, i.e. to be born, Il.19.110.

V of the dice, τὰ δεσποτῶν εὖ πεσόντα θήσομαι I shall count my master's lucky throws my own, A.Ag.32;

ἀεὶ γὰρ εὖ πίπτουσιν οἱ Διὸς κύβοι S. Fr. 895

;

ὥσπερ οἱ κύβοι· οὐ ταὔτ' ἀεὶ πίπτουσιν Alex.34

; ὥσπερ ἐν πτώσει κύβων πρὸς τὰ πεπτωκότα τίθεσθαι τὰ πράγματα according to the throws, Pl.R. 604c ; ὄνασθαι πρὸς τὰ νῦν π. E.Hipp. 718; πρὸς τὸ πῖπτον as matters fall out, Id.El. 639 ; of tossing up with oystershells,

κἂν μὲν πίπτῃσι τὰ λεύκ' ἐπάνω Pl.Com.153.5

; of lots, ὁ κλῆρος π. τινί or παρά τινα, Pl.R. 619e, 617e;

ἐπί τινα Act.Ap.1.26

: Astrol., π. καλῶς ὁ οἰκοδεσπότης Vett. Val.7.15.

2 generally, fall, turn out, εὖ πίπτειν to be lucky, E.Or. 603; παρὰ γνώμαν π. Pi.O.12.10; of a battle, καραδοκήσοντα τὴν μάχην τῇ πεσέεται to wait and see how it would fall, Hdt.7.163, cf. 8.130; λόγων κορυφαὶ ἐν ἀλαθείᾳ π. turn out true, Pi.O.7.69;

συμφοραὶ παντοῖαι πίπτουσαι παντοίως Pl.Lg. 709a

.

3 fall to one, i.e. to his lot, esp. of revenues, accrue,

τῷ δήμῳ πρόσοδος ἔπιπτε Plb.30.31.7

;

φησιν.. ἑξακισχίλια τάλαντα τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις πεσεῖν Id.2.62.1

; τὴν πεπτωκότα (sic)

μοι οἰκίαν BGU251.12

(ii A. D.);

τὰ πίπτοντα διάφορα ἐκ τῶν μυστηρίων IG5(1).1390.45

(Andania, i B. C.);

τὸ πεσὸν ἀπὸ τῆς τιμῆς ἀργύριον D.H.20.17

; to be paid,

τῶν εἰς Καίσαρα πίπτειν ὀφειλόντων ἐξεταστής Str.17.1.12

;

τὰ πεπτωκότα εἰς τὸ.. ἱερόν PEleph.10.2

(iii B. C.);

π. ἐπὶ τράπεζαν PCair.Zen.236.7

(iii B. C.), PLond.3.1200.1 (ii B. C.) ;

μὴ πιπτόντων τῶν τόκων BMus.Inscr.1032.40

([place name] Teos) ; πέπτωκεν ἁλικῆς διά τινος .. Ostr.Bodl.i3 (iii B. C.) (but τὰ ἀπὸ τῶν προσόδων πίπτοντα deficiencies, IPE12.32B 75 ([place name] Olbia)).

VI fall, of a date or period of Time,

π. κατὰ τὴν ρκθ' Ὀλυμπιάδα Plb.1.5.1

;

οἱ χρόνοι οἱ πίπτοντες ὑπὸ τὴν ἡμετέραν ἱστορίαν Id.4.2.2

.

VII fall under, belong to a class,

εἰς γένη ταῦτα Arist.Metaph. 1005a2

, al.; ἐπὶ τὴν αὐτὴν ἐπιστήμην ib. 982b8 ;

ὑπὸ τὴν αὐτὴν μέθοδον Id.Top. 102a37

, cf. 151a15 ;

ὑπὸ τέχνην οὐδεμίαν Id.EN 1104a8

;

ἔξω τῶν διῃρημένων γενῶν Id.PA 681b1

;

τὸ μακάριον ἐνταῦθα πεπτωκέναι Epicur.Ep.1p.28U.

;

ὅσα πέπτωκεν ὑπὸ τὴν.. ἱστορίαν Plb.2.14.7

.

διαφορ-ά, ἡ, ([etym.] διαφέρω)

A moving hither and thither,

πεσσῶν διαφοραί

moves,

E.Fr.360.9

.

2 dislocation,

τοῦ ὤμου Heliod.

ap. Orib.40.8.4, 49.9 tit.

II difference, Th.3.10 (pl.), etc.; [full] περί τι D.H. Comp.15;

θεοῦ πρὸς ἄνθρωπον Plu.2.1075c

; διαφορὰν ἔχειν to differ, Men.426.

2 in Logic, the differentia of a species,

ἐκ τοῦ γένους καὶ τῶν διαφορῶν τὰ εἴδη Arist.Metaph. 1057b7

, cf. Top. 139a29: hence in pl. of species or kinds, Id.Pol. 1285a1, 1289a20, Thphr. HP6.4.5;

εἴδη καὶ δ. Plu.2.719e

; also

κατὰ διαφορὰν ποιός Stoic.2.128

,al.

III variance, disagreement, Hdt.1.1;

δ. ἔχειν τινί E. Med.75

: pl., τὰς διαφορὰς διαιρέειν, καταλαμβάνειν, settle the differences, Hdt.4.23,7.9.

β; δ. θέσθαι καλῶς And.1.140

;

διαφοραὶ πρός τινας Pl.Phdr. 231b

;

δ. πρὸς ἀλλήλους περί τινος Lys.25.10

;

ἐν δ. καταστῆναί τινι Antipho 1.1

;

δ. φιλοσοφίᾳ καὶ ποιητικῇ Pl.R. 607b

.

IV distinction, excellence, Id.Ti. 23a;

ναυπηγίας Plb.1.51.4

.

V advantage, profit, Antipho 2.3.3; πᾶν τὸ πῖπτον εἰς διαφορᾶς λόγον, valuables, Agatharch.102.

VI vote, division, in an assembly,

δ. ποιήσασθαι IG12(2).526a18

([place name] Eresus).

VII delay, PMagd.11.10 (iii B. C.).

VIII

δ. διανοίας

being beside oneself,

Dsc.

Ther.7.

πίπτω (Hom.+) impf. ἔπιπτον; fut. πεσοῦμαι (B-D-F §77; Rob. 356); 2 aor. ἔπεσον and ἔπεσα (B-D-F §81, 3; W-S. §13, 13; Mlt-H. 208; W-H., app. p. 164; Tdf., Prol. p. 123); pf. 2 sg. πέπτωκας Rv 2:5 (πέπτωκες v.l.; B-D-F §83, 2; W-S. §13, 16; Mlt-H 221), 3 pl. πέπτωκαν Rv 18:3 v.l. (W-S. §13, 15; Mlt-H. 221)

① to move w. relative rapidity in a downward direction, fall, the passive of the idea conveyed in βάλλω.

ⓐ fall (down) from a higher point, w. the ‘point from which’ designated by ἀπό (Hom. et al.) ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης from the table Mt 15:27; Lk 16:21. ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ Mt 24:29. ἀπὸ τῆς κεφαλῆς Ac 27:34 v.l. (of the falling out of hair, as Synes., Calvit. 1, p. 63b). The direction or destination of the fall is expressed by an adv. ἀπὸ τοῦ τριστέγου κάτω down from the third story Ac 20:9. ἀπὸ τοῦ κεράμου χαμαί from the roof to the ground Hm 11:20. ἔκ τινος from someth.: ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ (Sallust. 4 p. 8, 19; Job 1:16; 3 Km 18:38.—SibOr 5, 72 ἐξ ἄστρων) Mk 13:25; of lightning (Ps.-Plut., Vi. Hom. 111 εἰ ἐκπίπτοι ἡ ἀστράπη; Ps.-Clem., Hom. 9, 5; 6) Lk 10:18 (Lycophron, vs. 363 of the image of Athena ἐξ οὐρανοῦ πεσοῦσα. Cp. σατάν; be thrown is also possible here); Rv 8:10a; the destination is added ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰς τὴν γῆν 9:1 (Ps.-Callisth. 2, 10, 10 ἐξ οὐρανοῦ εἰς τὸ ἔδαφος πεπτωκότες). W. only the destination given ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ἀκανθῶν among the thorns Lk 8:7. ἐπί τι on someth. Rv 8:10b. ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν (Aeschyl., Ag. 1019; Am 3:5; JosAs 16:16) Mt 10:29 (with the patristic v.l. εἰς παγίδα cp. Am 3:5 and Aesop, Fab. 193 P.=340 H./284 Ch./207 H-H. of a bird: ἐμπίπτειν εἰς τοὺς βρόχους); 13:8; Hm 11:21 (here the ‘place from which’ is designated by an adv.: ἄνωθεν).—ἐπὶ τὰ πετρώδη Mt 13:5; cp. Mk 4:5 (ἐπί 4bγ). ἐπὶ τὰς ἀκάνθας Mt 13:7 (ἐπί 4bδ). A pers. falls down ἐπὶ τὸν λίθον on the stone Mt 21:44a; Lk 20:18a. Conversely the stone falls on a pers. Mt 21:44b; Lk 20:18b. Likew. ἐπί τινα 23:30; Rv 6:16 (cp. on both Hos 10:8).—In imagery ὁ ἥλιος π. ἐπί τινα the (heat of the) sun falls upon someone Rv 7:16 (Maximus Tyr. 4, 1a ἡλίου φῶς πίπτον εἰς γῆν; Alex. Aphr., An. Mant. p. 146, 9 Br. τὸ φῶς ἐπὶ πάντα πίπτει). ὁ κλῆρος π. ἐπί τινα (κλῆρος 1) Ac 1:26. come (upon) ἐπί τινα someone ἀχλὺς καὶ σκότος Ac 13:11. Rv 11:11 v.l. (φόβος 2a).—εἴς τι (Hes., Op. 620) εἰς τὴν γῆν (Phlegon: 257 Fgm. 36, 1, 5 Jac. πίπτειν εἰς τὴν γῆν) Mk 4:8; Lk 8:8; J 12:24; Rv 6:13; 1 Cl 24:5. εἰς τὴν ὁδόν Hv 3, 7, 1. εἰς βόθυνον Mt 15:14; cp. Lk 14:5. εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας Mk 4:7; Lk 8:14. εἰς τὸ πῦρ Hv 3, 7, 2. παρά τι on someth. παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν (Iambl. Erot. p. 222, 22) Mt 13:4; Mk 4:4; Lk 8:5. ἐγγύς τινος near someth. ἐγγὺς (τῶν) ὑδάτων Hv 3, 2, 9; 3, 7, 3.

ⓑ of someth. that, until recently, has been standing (upright) fall (down), fall to pieces

α. of persons

א. fall to the ground, fall down (violently) εἰς τὸ πῦρ καὶ εἰς τὸ ὕδωρ Mt 17:15 (but HZimmern, Die Keilinschriften u. d. AT³ 1903, 366; 363f, and JWeiss ad loc. take the falling into fire and water to mean fever and chills). ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς (SibOr 4, 110; 5, 100) Mk 9:20 (π. under the infl. of a hostile spirit; sim. Jos., Ant. 8, 47). ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν (SibOr 4, 110 v.l.) Ac 9:4; cp. 22:7 (s. ἔδαφος). χαμαί (Job 1:20; Philo, Agr. 74) J 18:6. ἔπεσα πρὸς τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ ὡς νεκρός Rv 1:17.—Abs. fall down GPt 5:18 v.l. Fall dead (Paradox. Vat. 37 Keller πίπτει; Mel., P. 26, 184 πρηνὴς δὲ ἔπιπτε σιγῶν) Ac 5:5, 10; 1 Cor 10:8 (cp. Ex 32:28); Hb 3:17 (Num 14:29). Specifically fall in battle (Ael. Aristid. 46 p. 233 D.; Appian, Hann. 56 §236; Jos., Vi. 341; 354) Lk 21:24 (cp. στόμα 4 and Sir 28:18; 4 [6] Esdr [POxy 1010, 3–11 σὺ ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ πεσῇ … πεσοῦνται ἐν μαχαίρῃ]).

ב. fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings, esp. when one approaches w. a petition (LXX; TestAbr A 18 p. 100, 29 [Stone p. 48]; JosAs 14:4; ApcSed 14:2), abs. Mt 2:11; 4:9; 18:26, 29; Rv 5:14; 19:4; 22:8 (in all these places [except Mt 18:29] π. is closely connected w. προσκυνεῖν [as Jos., Ant. 10, 213 after Da 3:5 and ApcMos 27]. Sim. in many of the places already mentioned). W. var. words added (Jos., Ant. 10, 11 πεσὼν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον τ. θεὸν ἱκέτευε; Gen 17:3, 17; Num 14:5) ἐπὶ πρόσωπον (αὐτοῦ, αὐτῶν) Mt 17:6; 26:39; Lk 5:12; 17:16 (ἐπὶ πρόσωπον παρὰ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ); 1 Cor 14:25; ἐπὶ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν Rv 7:11; 11:16; ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς Mk 14:35. Further, the one to whom devotion is given can be added in var. ways: ἐνώπιόν τινος (cp. 2 Km 3:34) Rv 4:10; 5:8; 7:11. ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ποδῶν τινος 19:10. εἰς τοὺς πόδας τινός (Diog. L. 2, 79) Mt 18:29 v.l.; J 11:32 v.l. ἐπὶ τοὺς πόδας Ac 10:25 (v.l. adds αὐτοῦ). παρὰ τοὺς πόδας τινός Lk 8:41; 17:16 (s. above). πρὸς τοὺς πόδας τινός Mk 5:22; J 11:32; Ac 10:25 D; Hv 3, 2, 3.

β. of things, esp. structures fall, fall to pieces, collapse, go down (Appian, Iber. 54 §228; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 192, Ant. 16, 18) of the σκηνὴ Δαυίδ (σκηνή end) Ac 15:16 (Am 9:11). Of a house fall (in) (Diod S 11, 63, 2 τῶν οἰκιῶν πιπτουσῶν; Dio Chrys. 6, 61; 30 [47], 25; Aristeas Hist.: 725 Fgm. 1, 3 Jac. [in Eus., PE 9, 25, 3]; Job 1:19) Mt 7:25, 27; Lk 6:49 v.l. (Diod S 15, 12, 2 τῶν οἰκιῶν πιπτουσῶν because of the influx of the ποταμός). τὰ τείχη Ἰεριχὼ ἔπεσαν Hb 11:30 (cp. Josh 6:5, 20.—Appian, Bell. Civ. 1, 112 §524; Ael. Aristid. 25, 42 K.=43 p. 813 D.: τὰ τείχη π.). ἐφʼ οὓς ἔπεσεν ὁ πύργος upon whom the tower fell Lk 13:4 (of a πύργος X., Hell. 5, 2, 5; Arrian, Anab. 6, 7, 5; Polyaenus 6, 50; Jos., Bell. 5, 292; SibOr 11, 12.—π. ἐπί τινα Job 1:19). οἶκος ἐπὶ οἶκον πίπτει house falls upon house 11:17 (Jülicher, Gleichn. 221f). Of a city (Oenomaus in Eus., PE 5, 25, 6) Ox 1, 18f (=GTh 32); cp. Rv 11:13; 16:19.—Fig. become invalid, come to an end, fail (Pla., Euthyphr. 14d; Philostrat., Ep. 9) Lk 16:17 (cp. Josh 23:14 v.l.; Ruth 3:18); 1 Cor 13:8.

② to experience loss of status or condition, fall, be destroyed, in ext. sense of 1.

ⓐ fall, be destroyed ἔπεσεν, ἔπεσεν Βαβυλών (Β. as symbol of humans in opposition to God and God’s people; cp. Is 21:9; Jer 28:8.; Just., D. 49, 8.—Repetition of the verb for emphasis as Sappho, Fgm. 131 D.² οὔκετι ἴξω … οὔκετι ἴξω [Campbell 114 p. 138: οὐκέτι ἤξω … οὐκέτι ἤξω]; Aristoph., Equ. 247; M. Ant. 5, 7; Ps.-Libanius, Char. Ep. p. 33, 5 ἐρῶ, ἐρῶ. This is to remove all possibility of doubt, as Theod. Prodr. 5, 66 εἶδον, εἶδον=‘I have really seen’; Theocr. 14, 24 ἔστι Λύκος, Λύκος ἐστί=it really is a wolf; in Rv w. focus on lamentation, s. reff. Schwyzer II 60) Rv 14:8; 18:2.

ⓑ fall in a transcendent or moral sense, be completely ruined (Polyb. 1, 35, 5; Diod S 13, 37, 5; Pr 11:28; Sir 1:30; 2:7; TestGad 4:3)=fall from a state of grace Ro 11:11 (fig. w. πταίω [q.v. 1]), 22; Hb 4:11 (perh. w. ref. to the final judgment). Also in a less severe sense= go astray morally τοὺς πεπτωκότας ἔγειρον 1 Cl 59:4.—In wordplay ‘stand and fall’ (cp. Pr 24:16) Ro 14:4; 1 Cor 10:12; 2 Cl 2:6. μνημόνευε πόθεν πέπτωκες remember (the heights) from which you have fallen Rv 2:5.

ⓒ ὑπὸ κρίσιν π. fall under condemnation Js 5:12 (on π. ὑπό τι cp. Diod S 4, 17, 5 π. ὑπʼ ἐξουσίαν [Just., D. 105, 4]; Herodian 1, 4, 2; 2 Km 22:39; Tat. 8, 2 ὑπὸ τὴν εἱμαρμένην; Hippol., Ref. 4, 3, 5 ὑπὸ τὴν ἐπίσκεψιν fall under scrutiny; Did., Gen. 211, 5 ὑπὸ κατάραν; Theoph. Ant. 2, 25 [p. 162, 12] ὑπὸ θάνατον).

ⓓ π. … εἰς νόσον καὶ ἔσχατον κίνδυνον in sickness and extreme peril AcPl Ha 4, 15.

ⓔ fall, perish (Philo, Aet. M. 128) πίπτοντος τοῦ Ἰσραήλ B 12:5. οἱ πέντε ἔπεσαν five have perished, disappeared, passed from the scene Rv 17:10 (cp. also π.=‘die’ Job 14:10).—B. 671. DELG. M-M. TW. Spicq.