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. Ephesians 1 p.54U. - After Hom., in various relations, freq. as Pass. of ἐκβάλλω:
1 of seafaring men, to be cast ashore, ἐκ δ’ 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 θύραζ 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 pr 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. 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. 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, [Rom 9:6]; to be dilapidated, IG 22.204.74.
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 one’s 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, δι’ ἀοριστίαν Epicur. Sent.Vat. 63; [ὁ πλοῦτος] εἰς ἄπειρον ἐ. Id. Sent. 15, cf. Luc. JConf. 7. Geom., as Pass. of ἐκβάλλω, to be produced, Archim. Spir. 14.
17. die, χθὼν ἐκπιπτόντων Not.Scav. 1923.35 (unless, = rubbish heap).
G1601 — ἐκπίπτω
perfect ἐκπέπτωκα; 2 aorist ἐξέπεσον; 1 aorist ἐξέπεσα ([Act 12:7] L T Tr WH; [Gal 5:4]; on this aorist see (πίπτω and) ἀπέρχομαι); (from Homer down); to fall out of, to fall down from;
1. properly: αἱ ἁλύσεις ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν (see ἐκ, I. 3 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 427 (398) and De verb. comp. etc. Part ii., p. 11)), [Act 12:7] (ἐκ τῆς θήκης, [Isa 6:13]; ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, [Isa 14:12]); absolutely: [Mar 13:25] R G; [Act 27:32]; [Jam 1:11]; [1Pe 1:24]; of navigators, ἐκπίπτειν εἰς (i. e. from a straight course) to fall off, i. e. be driven into (cf. Stallbaum on Plato's Phileb., p. 106f; others supply 'from deep water,' and render ἐκπίπτειν, to be cast away), [Act 27:17], [Act 27:26], [Act 27:29], in this last verse L T Tr] WH have adopted ἐκπίπτειν κατά; (often in Greek writings, as εἰς γῆν, Euripides, Hel. 409; εἰς τόν λιμένα, Thucydides 2, 92).
2. metaphorically,
a. τίνος (Winers Grammar, 427 (398), and De verb. comp. etc. as above), to fall from a thing, to lose it: τῆς χάριτος, [Gal 5:4]; τοῦ ἰδίου στηριγμοῦ, [2Pe 3:17] (τῆς πρός τόν δῆμον εὐνοίας, Plutarch, Tib. Gracch. 21; βασιλείας, Josephus, Antiquities 7, 9, 2; also with prepositions, ἐκ τῶν ἐοντων, Herodotus 3, 14; ἀπό τῶν ἐλπίδων, Thucydides 8, 81); πόθεν, [Rev 2:5] Rec. (ἐκεῖθεν, Aelian v. h. 4, 7).
b. absolutely, to perish; to fail (properly, to fall from a place which one cannot keep, fall from its position): ἡ ἀγάπη, [1Co 13:8] R G; to fall powerless, fall to the ground, be without effect: of the divine promise of salvation by Christ, [Rom 9:6].