παρά-πτωσις · para-ptōsis — LSJ
falling beside, lying side by side
falling beside, lying side by side, Arist. GA 718a28.
II falling from the right way, mistake
falling from the right way, π. τοῦ καθήκοντος Plb. 15.23.5 : abs., = παράπτωμα I, Id. 16.20.5, LXX Je. 22.21, Phld. Lib. p.17 O.; grammatical mistake, S.E. M. 1.210.
III situation, off the road
ἡ τοῦ τόπου π. the situation of a place off the road, Plb. 4.32.5.
IV course, pursuing
κατὰ <τὴν> τοῦ διώγματος π. in the course of . . , Id. 11.17.3 ; κατὰ τὴν ἐπὶ τοὺς Κελτοὺς π. as they were pursuing, Id. 3.115.11.