ἐκπίπτω (ekpipto)

ἐκπίπτω · ekpiptō — LSJ

fall out of, fell from, fall out, fall down, meteors

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. HP 9.2.7; οἱ λεγόμενοι ἀστέρες ἐκπίπτειν meteors, Epicur. Ep. 2p.54U.—After Hom., in various relations, freq. as Pass. of ἐκβάλλω :

1 to be cast ashore, suffer shipwreck, to be cast up

of seafaring men, to be cast ashore, ἐκ δʼ 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. HA 601b32.

2 fall from, be deprived of

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, to be banished

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. OC 766, cf. Aj. 1177; ἐ. πολέμῳ ἢ στάσει Th. 1.2; γυμνὸς θύραζʼ 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 to be dislocated, mortify and separate itself

of limbs, to be dislocated, Hp. Art. 8, etc.; of flesh, mortify and separate itself, Id. Fract. 27; so ἐ. ὀδόντες, πτερά, Arist. GA 745b6, HA 519a26, etc.; of atoms, ἐκπεσοῦσαι κατέψυξαν Epicur. Fr. 60.

5 go forth, sally out, issue forth

go forth, sally out, Hdt. 9.74; ἐκ τοῦ σταυρώματος X. HG 4.4.11 : abs., Id. An. 5.2.17; of rays, issue forth, Alex.Aphr. de An. 127.31.

6 come out, turn out, happen

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

7 escape

escape, Th. 6.95.

8 issue, to be published, become known

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

depart, ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ X. An. 5.2.31; ἐκ τοῦ ἐπιτηδεύματος Pl. R. 495a.

b digress, miss, fall outside of

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 escape, unawares, fail, be lacking

of things, escape one unawares, φασὶν ἐκπεσεῖν αὐτούς Arist. EN 1111a9, cf. Plu. Per. 8; ἐ. τὴν αἴσθησιν Alex.Aphr. in Sens. 147.18; of reason, fail, be lacking, Arist. MM 1202a3.

11 degenerate, slip, come to naught, to be dilapidated

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, IG 2(2).204.74.

12 to be hissed off the stage

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 lose, miss

ἐ. ἑαυτοῦ lose oneʼs self-control, Philostr. VA 3.36; ἐ. σκοποῦ miss the mark, ib. 8.7.

14 arise from

of things, arise from, ἔκ τινος A.D. Adv. 136.3.

15 cease to be current

of money, cease to be current, IG 7.303.14 (Oropus, iii B.C.).

16 run to excess

run to excess, διʼ ἀοριστίαν Epicur. Sent.Vat. 63; [ὁ πλοῦτος] εἰς ἄπειρον ἐ. Id. Sent. 15, cf. Luc. JConf. 7.

b to be produced

Geom., as Pass. of ἐκβάλλω, to be produced, Archim. Spir. 14.

17 die, rubbish

die, χθὼν ἐκπιπτόντων Not.Scav. 1923.35 (unless, = rubbish heap).

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