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ἔκπτωσις

ἔκπτωσις, breaking forth, escape

ἔκπτωσις, εως, ἡ,
  • breaking forth, escape, [τοῦ θερμοῦ] Arist. Mete. 370a5; [ὑγροῦ] Id. Resp. 480a1; ἡ τῶν ὄψεων ἔ. projection of rays from the sun, Id. Pr. 911b5; emission, πυρός Epicur. Ep. 2pp. 46,54 U.
      • 2 banishment, Plb. 4.1.8, D.S. 13.65,PMag.Osl. 1.222.
      • 3 disappointment, Ceb. 7 (pl.); falling off, πρὸς τὸ χεῖρον Str. 10.3.9; ἔ. ψυχῆς, error, Arr. Epict. 2.17.21; abandonment of duty, Stoic. 3.163; missing, τοῦ σκοποῦ Plot. 6.1.10; falling away from, λόγου ib. 3.7; [τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ] Simp. in Epict. p.74 D.
      • 4 in argument, ἔ. εἰς ἄπειρον, regressus ad infinitum, Gal. 5.79.
      • 5 shipwreck, Hero Aut. 22.6.
      • 6 loss, χρημάτων Cod.Just. 1.3.45.9.
    • II dislocation of a joint, Hp. Fract. 1 (pl.); ἔ. τῶν ὑστέρων expulsion of the afterbirth, Id. Aph. 5.49; decay of flesh, sinews, etc., as result of erysipelas, Id. Epid. 3.4; τῶν ἐσχαρέων ἔ. detachment of the eschars, Id. Art. 11 (pl.); prolapsus uteri, Aret. SD 2.11.

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