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εἰσπίπτω

εἰσπίπτω, εἰσπίπτω, fall into, on (verb)

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ἐσπίπτουσιν present active participle masculine dative plural, present active participle neuter dative plural, present active indicative 3rd plural of εἰσπίπτω

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εἰσπίπτω, fut. -πεσοῦμαι: aor. -έπεσον:—
  • fall into, generally with a notion of violence, rush or burst in, ἐς τὰς πόλιας Hdt. 5.15; ἐς τὰς νέας Id. 8.56; ἐς οἴκημα Th. 2.4, etc.; of the sea, Id. 4.24: poet. c. dat., ἐσπίπτει δόμοις E. Ion 1196.
      • 2 simply, fall into, ἐς χωρίον Th. 1.106; ἐς χαράδρας Id. 3.98, etc.; ἐσ. ἐς εἱρκτήν to be thrown into prison, Id. 1.131: in Poets, c. acc., ἐσπεσοῦσα δικτύων βρόχους E. Or. 1315; ὄχλον γὰρ ἐσπεσεῖν ᾐσχυνόμην to go into the crowd, Id. Hel. 415; ἐσ. πέπλους seek shelter within my robes, Id. Tr. 1181; πτέρυγας ἐσπίτνων ἐμάς ib. 751; κτύπου κέλευθον ἐσπεσόντος a noise having come into the street, Id. Or. 1312.
      • 3 fall into a certain condition, δούλειον ἦμαρ εἰ. Id. Andr. 99; ξυμφοράν ib. 983; γῆρας Id. Ion 700: in Th. 4.4 ἐνέπεσε shd. be read.
    • II make an onset, attack, Hdt. 1.63, S. Aj. 55; ἐ. ἐς τὸν πεζόν Hdt. 4.128; ἐς τοὺς ἀγρούς Th. 2.22; ἐπὶ τὰς θύρας ‘besiege the door’, Plu. Oth. 17.
    • III come in, of payments, Meyer Ostr. 82.4 (iv A.D.).

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