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Strong G4098πίπτω

to collapse

Transliteration
piptō petō
Pronunciation
pip'-to pet'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

The first is a reduplicated and contracted form of the second (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); probably akin to G4072 through the idea of alighting; to fall (literally of figuratively): - fail fall (down) light on.

Detailed definition

πίπτω
[in LXX chiefly for נָפַל;]
to fall;

1. of descent, to fall, fall down or from: before ἐπί, with accusative loc., Mat.10:29, al.; εἰς, Mat.15:14, al.; ἐς μέσῳ, with genitive, Luk.8:7; παρὰ τ. ὁδόν, Mat.13:4, Mrk.4:4, Luk.8:5; before ἀπό, Mat.15:27, al.; ἐκ, Mrk.13:25, Luk.10:18, Rev.8:10 9:1. Metaphorical: ὁ ἥλιος, before ἐπί, Rev.7:16; ἀχλὺς κ. σκότος, Act.13:11; ὁ κλῆρος, Act.1:26; ὑπὸ κρίσιν, Jas.5:12.

2. Of prostration,
__(a) of persons, to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself: χαμαί Jhn.18:6; before ἐπί, with accusative, Mat.17:6, Act.9:4; id. with genitive, Mrk.9:20; πρὸς τ. πόδας, Act.5:10, Rev.1:17; πεσὼν ἐξέψυξε, Act.5:5; of supplication, homage or worship: πρὸς (παρὰ, ἐπὶ) τ. πὸδας, Mrk.5:22, Luk.8:41, Act.10:25, al.; π. καὶ προσκυνεῖν, Rev.5:14 19:4; ptcp. with προσκυνεῖν, Mat.2:11, al.; ἐνώπιον, Rev.4:10 5:8; ἐπὶ πρόσωπον, Mat.26:39, al.;
__(b) of things, to fall, fall down: Mat.21:44, Luk.23:30; of falling to ruin and destruction, Mat.7:25, Act.15:16, Heb.11:30; ἔπεσε (timeless aorist; M, Pr.,134), Rev.18:2. Metaphorical: Rom.11:11; πόθεν πέπτωκας, Rev.2:5; opposite to ἑστόναι, 1Co.10:12; to στήκειν, Rom.14:4; of virtues, 1Co.13:8; of precepts, Luk.16:17.
(cf. ἀνα-, ἀντι-, ἀπο-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-, κατα-, παρα-, περι-, προσ-, συν-πίπτω.)
συν-πίπτω (Rec. συμπ-),
[in LXX for נָפַל, etc.;]
to fall together, fall in, etc.: of a house (cf. MM, xxiv), Luk.6:49.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4098 appears in 85 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • fall80
  • falleth3
  • shall3
  • fail1
  • light1

First verses

  1. Matthew 2:11
    And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
  2. Matthew 4:9
    And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
  3. Matthew 7:25
    And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
  4. Matthew 7:27
    And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
  5. Matthew 10:29
    Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
  6. Matthew 13:4
    And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
  7. Matthew 13:5
    Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
  8. Matthew 13:7
    And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
  9. Matthew 13:8
    But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
  10. Matthew 15:14
    Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
  11. Matthew 15:27
    And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
  12. Matthew 17:6
    And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
  13. Matthew 17:15
    Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
  14. Matthew 18:26
    The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
  15. Matthew 18:29
    And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
  16. Matthew 21:44
    And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
  17. Matthew 24:29
    Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
  18. Matthew 26:39
    And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
  19. Mark 4:4
    And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
  20. Mark 4:5
    And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
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πίπτω,
Aeolic dialect πίσσω, accusative to Grammars in Hilgard Exc. ex libris Herodiani p.28 (cf. Hdn.Gr.2.377 note); poetry subjunctive πίπτῃσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 153.5)]: Epic dialect imperfect πῖπτον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.67, etc.)] (for the quantity of ι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (compare 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus Gr. 2.10))]; Ionic dialect πίπτεσκον (συμ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 59.2)]: future πεσοῦμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 971 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]; Ionic dialect3rd.pers. plural πεσέονται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.824)], 3rd.pers. singular πεσέεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.163, 168:)]aorist ἔπεσον, infinitive πεσεῖν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.178, etc.)]; 2nd pers. singular optative πεσοίης [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Polemo Sophista “Callimachus” 10.14)]; Aeolic dialect and Doric dialect ἔπετον [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 60, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.69, “P.” 5.50, (κάπετον) “O.” 8.38, (ἐμ-) “P.” 8.81, compare 3rd c.BC: Isyllus Lyricus 8, “IG” 14.642 (from Thurii))]; in later writers ἔπεσα, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Argonautica” 521, LXX.Lev.9.24, +others, _falsa lectio_ in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 291)] (προς-): perfect πέπτωκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 147, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 970, etc.)]; Epic dialect participle πεπτεώς, εῶτος (the εω forming one syllable by synizesis), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.503, etc.)]; also πεπτηώς, ηυῖα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.354, 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 183.7, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.69, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1298, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.427 (Antip. Sid.), compare πτήσσω)]; Trag. participle πεπτώς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 828, “Ant.” 697)]. (Redupl. from πετ-, which appears in Aeolic dialect and Doric dialect aorist ἔ-πετ-ον (see. above), and the poetry form πίτ-ν; cognate with πέτομαι, which see)
A Radical sense, fall down, and (when intentional) cast oneself down, πρηνέα πεσεῖν, ὕπτιος πέσεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.307, 15.435, etc.; νιφάδες.. π. θαμειαί 12.278; ὀπίσω πέσεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.410; etc.:—Constr., with Preps., in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus almost always ἐν.., ἐν κονίῃσι π)]. fall in the dust, i.e. to rise no more, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.425, compare 13.205; ἐν αἵματι καὶ κονίῃσι πεπτεῶτας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.384)]; π. ἐν ἀγκοίνῃσί τινος fall into his arms, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 142.5)]; ἐν χθονὶ πεπτηώς Simon. [prev. cited] (compare πτήσσω) π. ἐν δεμνίοις [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 35, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 125 (Lyric poetry) (see. below 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1): rare in Prose, π. ἐν ποταμῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 1.32: with _dative_ only, πεδίῳ πέσε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.82)]; δεμνίοις π. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 88 (assuming variant); π. ἐπὶ χθονί 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.535; οὐδέ οἱ ὕπνος πῖπτεν ἐπὶ βλεφάροις 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 188.4; ἐπὶ γᾷ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 134 (Lyric poetry); πρὸς πέδῳ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 605; πρὸς ἀγκάλαις [prev. author] “Ion” 962; ἀμφὶ σώμασίν τινων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 326)]: with a preposition of motion first in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus, Πληϊάδες π. ἐς πόντον “Op.” 620; [ποταμὸς] εἰς ἅλα “Th.” 791; εἰς ἄντλον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1025 (Lyric poetry); ἐπὶ γᾶν π. αἷμα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1019 (Lyric poetry); ἐπὶ στόμα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 10.13; πρὸς οὖδας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 405.)]
2 in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus with Advs. of motion as well as of rest, χαμάδις π. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.16, 15.714, etc.; χαμαὶ π. 4.482, compare 14.418, etc.)]; π. ἔραζε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (12.156, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.280.)]
3 with Preps. denoting the point from which one falls, ἀπ᾽ ὤμων χαμαὶ πέσε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.803; ἀπ᾽ οὐρανοῦ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 44.3; ἀπό τινος ὄνου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 701d; ἐκ χειρῶν π. ἡνία 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.583; π. ἐκ νηός 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.417; πεσὼν ἐκ νηὸς ἀποφθίμην ἐνὶ πόντῳ 10.51.)]
4 Geometry texts, of perpendiculars or parts of applied figures, π. ἐπί τι fall upon, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 3.11, 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ τῶν ὀχουμένων” 2.8, +others, 3rd-2nd c.BC: Apollonius Pergaeus Geometra “Conica” 1.2)]; but π. ἐπί τι, ποτί τι, intersect, meet, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ κωνοειδέων καὶ σφαιροειδέων” 16, “Spir.” 15)]; π. διά τινος pass through, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Con.Sph.” 17; π. κατά τινος [prev. author] “Sph.Cyl.” 1 “Def.” 2; ἐπί τι κατά τινα 3rd-2nd c.BC: Apollonius Pergaeus Geometra “Conica” 1.2.)]
B Special usages:
B.I πίπτειν ἔν τισι fall violently upon, attack, ἐνὶ νήεσσι πέσωμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.742 (but ἐν νήεσσι πεσόντες)] tumbling into the ships, [Refs (2.175))]; ἐν βουσὶ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 375 (Lyric poetry))]; Ἔρως, ὃς ἐν κτήμασι π. [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 782 (Lyric poetry))]; ἐπ᾽ ἀλλήλοισι, of combatants, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 379, compare 375; πρὸς μῆλα καὶ ποίμνας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1061; πρὸς πύλαις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 462.)]
B.I.2 throw oneself down, fall down, πρὸς βρέτη θεῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 185; ἀμφὶ σὸν γόνυ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 787)]; ἐς γόνατα on one's knees, of a wrestler, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 156; ἐς τὸν ὦμον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 571.)]
B.II fall in battle, πῖπτε δὲ λαός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.67, etc.)]; οἱ πεπτωκότες the fallen, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.24; νέκυες πίπτοντες 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.200; νεκροὶ περὶ νεκροῖς πεπτωκότες 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 881; πεσήματα.. πέπτωκε δοριπετῆ νεκρῶν [prev. author] “Andr.” 653; π. ὑπὸ Ἀθηναίων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.67; ὡς.. θάμνοι πρόρριζοι πίπτουσι.., ὣς ἄρ᾽ ὑπ᾽ Ἀτρεΐδῃ πῖπτε κάρηνα Τρώων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.157, compare 500, etc.; τὸ Περσῶν ἄνθος οἴχεται πεσόν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 252.)]
B.II.2 fall, be ruined, δόμον δοκοῦντα κάρτα νῦν πεπτωκέναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ch.” 263, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 22 e; πεσεῖν.. πτώματ᾽ οὐκ ἀνασχετά 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 919, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 181b; στάντες τ᾽ ἐς ὀρθὸν καὶ πεσόντες ὕστερον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 50)]; ἀβουλίᾳ, ἐξ ἀβουλίας π., [Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 429, 398; ἀπὸ σμικροῦ κακοῦ [prev. author] “Aj.” 1078)]; of an army, μεγάλα πεσόντα πρήγματα ὑπὸ ἡσσόνων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.18, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.89; ὁ Ξέρξεω στρατὸς αὐτὸς ὑπ᾽ ἑωυτοῦ ἔπιπτε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.16)]; of a city, π. δορί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 5.)]
B.II.3 fall, sink, ἄνεμος πέσε the wind fell, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.202 (but in 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 547, Βορέαο πεσόντος is used for ἐμπεσόντος)], falling on, blowing on one): metaph, πέπτωκεν κομπάσματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 794, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 474: with _dative_, ταῖς ἐλπίσι πεσεῖν)] fail in one's hopes, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.87.1.)]
B.II.4 fall short, fail, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 100e)]; of a playwright, fail, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 540.)]
B.III πίπτειν ἔκ τινος fall out of, lose a thing, unintentionally, σοι ἐκ θυμοῦ πεσέειν fall out of, lose thy favour, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.595)]; ἐξ ἐλπίδων π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 420.5; τοὔμπαλιν π. φρενῶν [prev. author] “Hipp.” 390)]; also of set purpose, ἐξ ἀρκύων π. escape from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 147; ἔξω τῶν κακῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 970.)]
B.III.2 reversely, πολλὴν ἐς κακότητα π. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 42; εἰς ἄτην 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.68; εἰς δουλοσύνην [prev. author] 9.4; ἐς δάκρυα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.21; ἐς νόσον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 478)]; εἰς ἔρον, ἔριν, ὀργήν, φόβον, ἀνάγκας, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1172, “fragment” 578.8, “Or.” 696, “Ph.” 69, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82)]; also ἐν γυιοπέδαις π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.41; ἐν μέσοις ἀρκυστάτοις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1476; ἐν φόβῳ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1418 (Lyric poetry); ἐν σολοικισμῷ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sol.” 3; πρὸς τόλμαν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 11: with _dative_ only, π. δυσπραξίαις [prev. author] “Aj.” 759; αἰσχύνῃ [prev. author] “Tr.” 597, etc.)]; οὐκ ἔχω ποῖ γνώμης πέσω I know not which way to turn, [Refs ([prev. work] 705.)]
B.III.3 εἰς ὕπνον π. fall asleep, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ph.” 826; but ἐν ὕπνῳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).23)]; simply ὕπνῳ, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 68.)]
B.III.4 π. εἰς (ἰατρικὴν) χρῆσιν to be applied to (medicinal) use, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.19,151, +others)]
B.III.5 π. ὑπ᾽ αἴσθησιν to be accessible to perception, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de communi mathematica scientia” 8, “in Nic.” p.7 P.)]
B.IV πίπτειν μετὰ ποσσὶ γυναικός to fall between her feet, i.e. to be born, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.110.)]
B.V of the dice, τὰ δεσποτῶν εὖ πεσόντα θήσομαι I shall count my master's lucky throws my own, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 32; ἀεὶ γὰρ εὖ πίπτουσιν οἱ Διὸς κύβοι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 895; ὥσπερ οἱ κύβοι· οὐ ταὔτ᾽ ἀεὶ πίπτουσιν 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 34)]; ὥσπερ ἐν πτώσει κύβων πρὸς τὰ πεπτωκότα τίθεσθαι τὰ πράγματα according to the throws, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 604c)]; ὄνασθαι πρὸς τὰ νῦν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 718)]; πρὸς τὸ πῖπτον as matters fall out, [Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 639)]; of tossing up with oystershells, κἂν μὲν πίπτῃσι τὰ λεύκ᾽ ἐπάνω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 153.5)]; of lots, ὁ κλῆρος π. τινί or παρά τινα, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 619e, 617e; ἐπί τινα NT.Act.1.26: Astrology texts, π. καλῶς ὁ οἰκοδεσπότης Vett. Val. 7.15.)]
B.V.2 generally, fall, turn out, εὖ πίπτειν to be lucky, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 603)]; παρὰ γνώμαν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 12.10)]; of a battle, καραδοκήσοντα τὴν μάχην τῇ πεσέεται to wait and see how it would fall, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.163, compare 8.130)]; λόγων κορυφαὶ ἐν ἀλαθείᾳ π. turn out true, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.69; συμφοραὶ παντοῖαι πίπτουσαι παντοίως 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 709a.)]
B.V.3 fall to one, i.e. to his lot, especially of revenues, accrue, τῷ δήμῳ πρόσοδος ἔπιπτε [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.31.7; φησιν.. ἑξακισχίλια τάλαντα τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις πεσεῖν [prev. author] 2.62.1)]; τὴν πεπτωκότα (sic) μοι οἰκίαν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 251.12 (2nd c.AD))]; τὰ πίπτοντα διάφορα ἐκ τῶν μυστηρίων [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“IG” 5(1).1390.45 (Andania, 1st c.BC))]; τὸ πεσὸν ἀπὸ τῆς τιμῆς ἀργύριον [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 20.17)]; to be paid, τῶν εἰς Καίσαρα πίπτειν ὀφειλόντων ἐξεταστής [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.1.12; τὰ πεπτωκότα εἰς τὸ.. ἱερόν “PEleph.” 10.2 (3rd c.BC))]; π. ἐπὶ τράπεζαν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 236.7 (3rd c.BC), “PLond.” 3.1200.1 (2nd c.BC))]; μὴ πιπτόντων τῶν τόκων [Refs (“BMus.Inscription” 1032.40 (from Teos))]; πέπτωκεν ἁλικῆς διά τινος.. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Ostr.Bodl.” i3 (3rd c.BC) (but τὰ ἀπὸ τῶν προσόδων πίπτοντα)] deficiencies, [Refs (“IPE” 12.32 B 75 (from Olbia)).)]
B.VI fall, of a date or period of Time, π. κατὰ τὴν ρκθ᾽ Ὀλυμπιάδα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.5.1; οἱ χρόνοι οἱ πίπτοντες ὑπὸ τὴν ἡμετέραν ἱστορίαν [prev. author] 4.2.2.)]
B.VII fall under, belong to a class, εἰς γένη ταῦτα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1005a2, +others)]; ἐπὶ τὴν αὐτὴν ἐπιστήμην[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 982b8; ὑπὸ τὴν αὐτὴν μέθοδον [prev. author] “Top.” 102a37, compare 151a15; ὑπὸ τέχνην οὐδεμίαν [prev. author] “EN” 1104a8; ἔξω τῶν διῃρημένων γενῶν [prev. author] “PA” 681b1; τὸ μακάριον ἐνταῦθα πεπτωκέναι 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.28U.; ὅσα πέπτωκεν ὑπὸ τὴν.. ἱστορίαν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.14.7.)]