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ἐκπίπτω, ἐκπί̄πτω, be driven out, be banished

ἐκπίπτω, fut. -πεσοῦμαι: aor. ἐξέπεσον: pf. ἐκπέπτωκα:—
  • 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. 2 p.54 U.—After Hom., in various relations, freq. as Pass. of ἐκβάλλω:
      • 1 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 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, [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 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, 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, of votes, X. Smp. 5.10; turn out, happen, Vett.Val. 70.27, al.
      • 7 escape, Th. 6.95.
      • 8 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, ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ X. An. 5.2.31; ἐκ τοῦ ἐπιτηδεύματος Pl. R. 495a.
        • b 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 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, 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 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 ἐ. ἑαυτοῦ lose oneʼs self-control, Philostr. VA 3.36; ἐ. σκοποῦ miss the mark, ib. 8.7.
      • 14 of things, arise from, ἔκ τινος A.D. Adv. 136.3.
      • 15 of money, cease to be current, IG 7.303.14 (Oropus, iii B.C.).
      • 16 run to excess, διʼ ἀοριστίαν Epicur. Sent.Vat. 63; [ὁ πλοῦτος] εἰς ἄπειρον ἐ. Id. Sent. 15, cf. Luc. JConf. 7.
        • b Geom., as Pass. of ἐκβάλλω, to be produced, Archim. Spir. 14.
      • 17 die, χθὼν ἐκπιπτόντων Not.Scav. 1923.35 (unless, = rubbish heap).

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