δια-πέτομαι

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to fly' (Il.).

Other forms: Aor. πτάσθαι, πτέσθαι (all Il.); to this pres. πέταμαι (poet. since Sapph., Arist.) with aor. πετασθῆναι (Arist., LXX), ἴπταμαι (late; s. v.); aor. act. πτῆναι, ptc. πτάς etc. (poet. Hes., also hell. prose); fut. πτήσομαι (IA.), πετήσομαι (Ar.), perf. κατ-έπτηκα (Men.).

Compounds: Very often w. prefix, e.g. ἀνα-, ἀπο-, δια-, εἰσ-, ἐκ-, κατα-, ὑπερ-. Compounds: a. - πέτης, Dor. - πέτας m.., e.g. ὑψι-πέτης, - ας m. `flying high' (Hom., Pi.), enlarged - ήεις (Hom.); b. - πετής, e.g. ὑπερπετ-ής `flying over' (hell.); c. ἐκπετ-ήσιμος `ready to fly' (Ar. a.o.; hypothesis on the formation in Arbenz 60); d. ἀερσι-πότης and - πότη-τος `flying high' (Hes., AP, Norm.); in spite of Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 95 rather to ποτάομαι as from ποτή.

Derivatives: 1. ποτή f. `flying, flight' (ε 337, h. Merc. 544 [v. l. πτερύγεσσι]); 2. πτῆσις f. `id.' (A., Arist.) with πτήσιμος (Jul.; Arbenz 61); πτῆμα n. `id.' (Suid.). 3. Adj. w. νο-suffix: a. πτηνός, Dor. πτᾱνός `winged, fledged' (Pi., trag., Pl.); b. πετεινός, - ηνός `id.' (Thgn.; Πετήνη Att. shipsname [inscr.]), hardly from *πέτος (cf. Chantraine Form. 196, Benveniste Origines 14), but rather direct from πέτομαι after φαεινός, ὀρεινός a.o.; πετηνός after πτηνός?; c. πετε-ηνός, - εινός `id.' (Il.), w. diektasis (Risch $ 35 d); d. ποτᾱνός `id.' (Pi., Epich., trag. in lyr.; - ηνός ep. poetry in Pl. Phdr. 252 b), prob. rather after ποτάομαι as with Detschew KZ 63, 228 from the rare ποτή. -- 4. Deverbat.: ποτάομαι, - έομαι, also w. ἀμφι-, περι-, ἐκ- a.o., `to fly, to flap' (Il.); πωτάομαι, also w. ἐκ-, ἐπι-, ὑπερ-, `id.' (Μ 287, h. Ap. 442 a.o.; cf. Schwyzer 719 n. 3); to this πωτήεις `flapping' (Nonn.), also πωτήματα pl. `flight' (A. Eu. 250; usu. with Dindorf corrected in ποτ-). -- On πτερόν, πτέρυξ s. vv.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [825] * peth₂- `fly, swoop down, fall'

Etymology: Beside the thematic πέτ-ο-μαι, πτ-έ-σθαι stands the athematic zero grade root-aorist πτά-σθαι, ἔ-πτα-το, πτά-μενος wie φθά-μενος ( φθί-μενος, φθί-σθαι, ἔ-φθι-το). The corresponding full grade in πτῆ-ναι, ἔ-πτᾱ-ν, πτή-σομαι can be old (s. however below). More doubtful is the originality of the disyll. πέτα-μαι, as analogy to πτά-σθαι after πτέ-σθαι: πέτο-μαι may be considered. Certain innovations are ἴπταμαι (after ἵσταμαι) and πετή-σομαι (after πέτομαι). Details w. lit. in Schwyzer 742 a. 681 w. n. 9. -- With πέτομαι agree formally, partly also semantically, Skt., OIr., Lat. a. Celt. forms, e.g. Skt. pátati, Av. pataiti `fly, fall, attack, hurry etc.', Lat. petō `move somewhere, hurry, look for, desire', OWelsh hedant `volant'; doubtful on the contrary the in any case diff. built Hitt. piddāi- (pittii̯ami, pittāizzi usw.) `run, hurry, flee'. Thus ποτέομαι and Skt. patáyati `fly, hurry' agree; however πωτάομαι is independent of Skt. pātáyati `let fall, throw down'. Further the Greek a. Skt. systems are apart. Beside the zero grade thematic Aorist πτ-έσθαι, ἐ-πτ-όμην stands in Skt. an also zero grade and thematic but reduplicated aor. a-pa-pt-at. The zero grade πτᾰ- in πτά-σθαι is found in forms like pa-pti-ma (pf. 1. pl.) (IE pth₂-); the corresponding full grade ptā- is however not represented in Skt. (so πτῆ-ναι analogical after φθῆ-ναι, στῆ-ναι a.o.?, Schwyzer 742). Thus the disyll. πετᾰ- in πέτα-μαι and pati- (e.g. fut. pati-ṣyáti) go without historical connection side by side. -- Further forms w. rich lit. in WP. 2, 19ff., Pok. 825f., W.-Hofmann s. petō. Cf. πίπτω, not πίτυλος.

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πέτομαι, [ per.] 2sg.

A

πέτεαι Anacr.9

: [tense] impf. ἐπετόμην, [dialect] Ep. πετ- Il.5.366, etc.: [tense] fut.

πετήσομαι Ar. Pax77

, cf. 1126 ( ἀπο-); shortd. πτήσομαι (ἐκ-) Id.V. 208, and always in early Prose, ( ἀνα-) Pl.Lg. 905a, al., Aeschin.3.209, ( ἐπι-) Hdt.7.15 (mostly in compds., but πτήσεσθαι in later Prose, Lib.Or.2.27): [tense] aor. ἐπτόμην, inf.

πτέσθαι S.OT17

; elsewh. in compds., ( ἐπι-) Il.4.126, (ἀν-) Antipho Fr.58, etc.; freq. also ἐπτάμην, Il.13.592, E.Hel.18, ( παρ-) Semon.13, (ἐς-) Hdt.9.100; [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3sg.

πτάτο Il.23.880

, inf. πτάσθαι ( δια-) E.Med.1, part.

πτάμενος Il.5.282

, 22.362, etc. (in codd. of Pl. forms of ἐπτόμην in compds. predominate over those from ἐπτάμην; δι-έπτατο is found in codd. of Ar. V. 1086, ἐκ-πτόμενος folld. by

κατ-έπτατο Id.Av. 788

sq.; ἀν-επτάμαν is prob. in S.Aj. 693 (lyr.), προς-έπτατο ib. 382); subj. πτῆται for πτᾶται, Il.15.170: also [tense] aor. of act. form ἔπτην, ἔπτης, IG14.2550, Luc. Trag.218,

ἔπτη Batr.208

, Nonn.D.2.223, al., Anacreont.22.3 ; opt.

πταίης AP5.151

(Mel.); part.

πτᾶσα h.Cer. 398

, Hdn.Gr.1.532; elsewh. only in compds., (δι-) IG3.1386, (ἐξ-) Hes.Op.98, (ἀν-) S.Ant. 1307, E.Med. 440, ( προς-) A.Pr. 115, ( ὑπερ-) S.Ant. 113 (Trag. only in lyr.): [tense] pf. πέπτηκα only as a coinage in Choerob. in Theod.2.79, elsewh. πεπότημαι (v. ποτάομαι): [tense] aor. [voice] Pass.

ἐπετάσθην Arist.HA 624b6

( εἰς-), LXX Ps.17(18).10, Ho.9.11 (ἐξ-), Sotion p.186 W., D.S.4.77 (ἐξ-): [tense] fut. [voice] Pass.

πετασθήσομαι LXX Hb.1.8

.—The only [tense] pres. in Hom. and [dialect] Att. Prose is πέτομαι; [full] πέταμαι is used by Sapph.Supp.10.8, Simon. 30, Pi.P.8.90, N.6.48, E. Ion 90 (anap.), AP11.208 (Lucill.), and in later Prose, as Arist.IA 709b10, HA 609a14 ( περι-), cf. Moer.p.311 P.; noted as archaic by Luc.Pseudol.29: [tense] aor. imper.

πέτασσαι Anacreont. 14.2

; [full] ἵπταμαι (q. v.) is first found in late writers, Mosch.3.43, Babr. 65.4, etc. (mostly in compds., cf. ἐξίπταμαι; ἀφίπτατο in E.IA 1608 is spurious), and is censured by Luc.Lex.25, Sol.7 :— fly, of birds, Il. 12.207, 13.62, Od.2.147, etc.; of bees, gnats, etc., Il.2.89, Hdt.2.95; of a departing spirit,

ψυχὴ ἐκ ῥεθέων πταμένη Ἄϊδόσδε βεβήκει Il.22.362

;

ἐκ μελέων θυμὸς πτάτο 23.880

: metaph., of young children,

οὐδέπω μακρὰν πτέσθαι σθενοντες S.OT17

; also of arrows, javelins, etc., Il.20.99, etc.; ὀλοοίτροχος.. ἀναθρῴσκων π. 13.140 (but ἐκ χειρῶν ἔπτατ' ἐρετμά, τεύχεα fell suddenly.., Od.12.203, 24.534); of any quick motion, dart, rush, of men, Il.13.755, 22.143, etc.; of horses,

μάστιξεν δ' ἐλάαν, τὼ δ' οὐκ ἀέκοντε πετέσθην 5.366

, cf. 768, etc.; of chariots, Hes.Sc. 308; of dancers, E.Cyc.71 (lyr.); πέτον fly! i.e. make haste! Ar.Lys. 321; ἔχρην πετομένας ἥκειν πάλαι ib.55 ;

πολλοὶ ἥξουσι πετόμενοι Pl.R. 567d

, cf. 467d; πέτονται.. ἐπὶ ταῦτ' ἄκλητοι, of parasites, Antiph.229.

II metaph. and proverbial usages:—to be on the wing, flutter, of uncertain hopes, ἐξ ἐλπίδος π. Pi.P.8.90; π.

ἐλπίσιν S.OT 487

(lyr.); of fickle natures,

πέτει τε καὶ φρονῶν οὐδὲν φρονεῖς E.Ba. 332

; ἐφ' ἕτερον π. Ar.Ec. 899; ὄρνις πετόμενος a bird ever on the wing, Id.Av. 169; πετόμενόν τινα διώκεις 'you are chasing a butterfly', Pl.Euthphr.4a, cf. Arist.Metaph. 1009b38; of fame, fly abroad,

πέταται τηλόθεν ὄνυμ' αὐτῶν Pi.N.6.48

.

2 c. dat., πτάμενος νοήματι flying in mind, Id.Fr.122.4. (Cf. πίπτω, Skt. pátati 'fly', 'fall', Lat. prae-pes, etc.)

     διαπέτομαι

     δια-πέτομαι

    (aor. 2 διέπτην - med. διεπτόμην и διεπτάμην)

    1) перелетать, пролетать, проноситься

    

(κραιπνῶς διέπτατο Ἶρις, ὀϊστός - in tmesi Hom.; αἱ μέλισσαι διαπετόμεναι λειμῶνας Plut.)

    2) пролетать сквозь, миновать

    

(Συμπληγάδας Eur.; διὰ τῆς πόλεως Arph.)

    3) прилетать, быстро прибывать

    

πεμπταῖος ἐκ Πυλῶν διέπτην Luc. — на пятый день я примчался из Пил

    4) пронзать, поражать

    

(τὸ βέλος διέπτατό τινος Eur.)

    5) улетать, уноситься, aor. умчаться ( о времени)

    

(ὥσπερ καπνός Plat.; ὅ χρόνος διέπτατο Eur.)

συν-δια-πέτομαι, mit durchfliegen

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `feather, wing, pinion', also metaph. of feather- and wing-like objects (Il.).

Compounds: Compp., e.g. πτερο-φόρος `feathered, winged' (A., E.), ὑπό-πτερος `(swift) winged' (Pi., IA.; on the formation Schwyzer-Debrunner 532 w. n. 6 a. lit.); on ὑπο-πετρ-ίδιος s.v.

Derivatives: 1. πτερό-εις `provided with feathers or wings' (ep. poet. Il.; cf. Kretschmer Glotta 27, 249 a. 278 w. lit., also Yorke Class Quart. 30, 151 f.); opposite ἄ-πτερος (Od.), a.o. of μῦθος (as opposite of ἔπεα πτερόεντα; diff., improbable, Hainsworth Glotta 38, 263ff.); 2. πτερω-τός `id.' (IA.), - τικός `belonging to plumage' (V<sup>p</sup>); 3. - μα n. `plumage' (A. fr., Pl. Phdr. a.o.; rather enlarged from πτερόν than from πτερόομαι); 4. πτερό-της f. `winged condition' (Arist.); 5. πτέρ-ων m. n. of an unknown bird ( Com. Adesp.), - νις m. n. of a kind of hawk (Arist.); 6. πτερ-όομαι, - όω, also m. ἐκ-συν-, `to get wings, to become fledged' resp. `to feather, to wing' (IA.) with - ωσις f. `feathering, plumage' (Ar., Arist. etc.). -- Beside it πτέρυξ, -ῠγος f. `wing', like πτερόν often metaph. (Il.). Often as 2. member, e.g. τανύ-πτερυξ (Il.), also πτερόν - πτέρυγ-ος (Simon.) `spreading the wings'; extensively Sommer Nominalkomp. 70f. (cf. on τανύω). -- From πτέρυξ 1. dimin. πτερύγ-ιον n. des. of several winglike objects (Hp., Arist.); 2. - ώδης `wing-like' (Hp., Thphr.); 3. - ωτός `provided with wings' (Arist.); 4. - ωμα n. `poultry etc.' (late); 5. πτερυγ-ίζω, also w. ἀνα- a.o., `to move the wings' (Ar.); - όομαι, - όω meaning unclear (Lesb. lyr. resp. medic.), ἀπο- πτερόν `to lose the wings' (Vett. Val.); πτερ-ύσσω, also w. δια- a.o., `to flap with the wings' (Archil.[?], hell.), perh. from πτερόν; cf. Schwyzer 725 w. lit.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [825] * pet(h₂)- `fly'

Etymology: Beside πτερ-όν stand on the one hand Arm. t`er `side', with lengthened vowel t`i̇r `flight', t`r̄-čim, aor. t`r̄-eay `fly', on the other Skt. pátr-am n. `wing, feather', Lat. acci-piter, - tr-is `hawk', Germ., e.g. OHG fedara, OWNo. fjǫðr f. ' feather', all going back on IE * pter- resp. * petr- (the last also in ὑποπετριδίων ὀνείρων `winged dreams' [Alcm. 23, 49; cf. Kock ad loc.]?). The r-stem is still found in Hitt. patt-ar ( pitt-ar?) n., to which with heteroclit. gen. pl. - an-aš; a continuation of the alternating n-stem a.o. in Lat. penna f. `feather, wing' from * pet-n-ā. At the basis is the verb for `fly' in πέτομαι, πτέ-σθαι, s. v. -- A disyllabic form is seen in Skt. patar-á- `flying', beside which patár-u- `id.', which reminds of the u-stem in πτέρ-υ-ξ(?). As for -( υ)γ- no convincing example inside Greek can be found ( ὄρτυξ and other birdnames are too far off), several connections have been suggested: Skt. pataṅ-g-á- `flying' (for patan- cf. petn- above; on g s. ἀστράγαλος [but this is Pre-Greek]), Av. fra-ptǝrǝǰāt- `bird' (analysis uncertain: from * ptǝrǝ-g- `wing'?), Lat. protervus `turbulent' (from *pro-pterg-u̯os?), OLFr. fetheracco gen. pl. `alarum'. -- Controversial is the connection with Slav. (OCS, Russ. etc.) peró n. `feather', which cannot be directly equated with πτερόν and perh. rather belongs to Skt. parṇám n. `wing, feather, leaf' etc. After Petersson KZ 47, 272 πτερόν would be a cross of *περόν (= Slav. peró) and πτέρυξ. Here further Toch. B parwa pl. `feathers'; cf. v. Windekens Orbis 11, 194. -- Further details w. rich lit. in WP. 2, 20f., Pok. 826, W.-Hofmann s. accipiter, penna, prōtervus, Mayrhofer s. pataráḥ, pátram, parṇám, Vasmer s. peró; also Specht 216f. (much that is uncertain).

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πετάννῡμι and [suff] πετᾰλ-ύω ([etym.] ἀνα-) ; later [full] πετάω ([etym.] ἀνα-) Luc.Cal.21 ; poet. [full] πίτνημι (q.v.): [tense] fut. πετάσω (ἐκ-) E.IT 1135 (lyr.); [dialect] Att. πετῶ ( ἀνα-) Men.26, 458: [tense] aor. ἐπέτᾰσα ([etym.] κατ-) Ar.Pl. 731, etc.; [dialect] Ep. πέτασα, πέτασσα, Hom. (v. infr.): [tense] pf. πεπέτακα ([etym.] δια-) D.S.17.115:—[voice] Med., [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor.

A

πετάσαντο Nonn.D.2.704

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] aor. ἐπετάσθην, [dialect] Ep. πετ-, Od.21.50, ([etym.] ἐκ-) E.Cyc. 497 (lyr.): [tense] pf.

πέπταμαι Hom.

(v. infr.), πεπέτασμαι (ἐκ-) Orac. ap. Hdt.1.62, ( παρα-) Plb.33.5.2, ([etym.] ἀνα-) Pl.Phd. 111c, Luc.Gall. 29 : [tense] plpf. ἐπέπτατο, [dialect] Ep.

πέπτ- Il.17.371

: forms prop. belonging to πέτομαι are

ἀνα-πτάς Zenod.

in Il.1.351 ; ἀνα-πτάμεναι (for - πεπτάμεναι)

πύλαι Parm.1.18

; conversely πετασθέντα in signf. fly, Sotion p.186 W.—The simple Verb is rare exc. in [tense] aor. [voice] Act. and [voice] Pass., and [tense] pf. [voice] Pass.; cf. [pref] ἀνα-, δια-, κατα-, περι-πετάννυμι :— spread out,

οὔρῳ πέτασ' ἱστία Od.5.269

; [

εἵματα] πέτασαν παρὰ θῖνα 6.94

; χεῖρε πετάσσας, of one swimming, 5.374 ;

ἄμφω χεῖρε φίλοις ἑτάροισι πετάσσας Il. 4.523

, 13.549 : abs., πετάσας opening his doors, Theoc.16.6: metaph., θυμὸν πετάσαι ' flutter', elate one's heart, Od.18.160 :—[voice] Pass., mostly [tense] pf., to be spread on all sides,

ἀμφὶ δὲ πέπλοι πέπτανται Il.5.195

;

αἴθρη πέπταται ἀνέφελος Od.6.45

;

πέπτατο δ' αὐγὴ Ἡελίου Il.17.371

; part., spread wide, opened wide, of folding doors,

πεπταμέναι πύλαι 21.531

; also πετασθεῖσαι τεῦξαν φάος ib. 538 ;

θύρετρα.. πετάσθησαν Od. 21.50

; later

κῶας πεπταμένον A.R.2.405

; πεπτ. πέλαγος the open sea, Arat.288 ; ὄστρεον χείλεσι πεπτ. AP9.86 (Antiphil.);

πεπταμέναι περὶ τέκνα μέγα κλαίουσι γυναῖκες Opp.C.3.106

; also ὡς ἄνεμος ἐπετάσθη was scattered abroad, dispersed, of death, Riv.Fil.57.380 ([place name] Crete). (Cf. Lat. pateo, OE. fæpm 'fathom'.)

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

.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to look around, to glance at smth.' (Il.).

Other forms: Aor. παπτῆναι (- ᾶναι Pi.), fut. - ανέω.

Compounds: Rarely w. ἀπο-, δια-, περι-.

Derivatives: Besides πεπτήνας περιβλεψάμενος H. and, from cross with παμφαλώμενος (s. παμφαλάω), παπταλώ-μενος (Lyc.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: Intensive reduplicated formation πα-πτ-αίνω (to which analog. - ανέω, - ῆναι; Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 375). Since long (Legerlotz KZ 8, 417) connected with some Cypriot H.glosses: ἰμπάταον ἔμβλεψον. Πάφιοι, ἰνκαπάταον ἐγκατάβλεψον. The here found aor. πατά-σαι may also be seen in καπατάς καθορῶν. παρὰ Εὔκλῳ H. (cod. κάπατας καθαρόν... Εὑηλῶν), if contracted from *πατάσας (Hoffmann Dial. 1, 118); diff. Bechtel Lex. 270 (with M. Schmidt): from pres. *πάτᾱμι. The form ἀνεπάταξεν ἐξ ὕπνου ἀνέβλεψεν, which stands beside it, one is prepared to consider as, `elevate (the eyes)' and to connect with πατάσσω; here further καπατᾶ κατακόψεις. Πάφιοι H., prob. with Hoffmann l.c. from *πατά-ω `beat' (in πάτα-γος, πατά-σσω). Is also πατά-σαι `glance', and finally also πα-πτ-αίνω semantiscally to be connected? Or the last to πέτομαι from fluttering around of the look? - The word can hardly be IE.

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