ἐμπίπτω, fut. -πεσοῦμαι: aor. ἐνέπεσον, ἔμπεσον (v. infr.): lyr. aor. ἔμπετες Pi. P. 8.81: -
1. fall in or on, c. dat., τρύφος ἔμπεσε πόντῳ Od. 4.508; ὁ δ’ ὕπτιος ἔμπεσε πέτρῃ Il. 4.108; ἐν δ’ ἔπεσ’ ὠκεανῷ, of the Sun, 8.485; πῦρ ἔμπεσε νηυσίν fire fell upon them, 16.113; αὐχένι.. ἔμπεσεν ἰός 15.451, cf. 624; with ἐν, ὡς δ’ ὅτε πῦρ.. ἐν ἀξύλῳ ἐμπέσῃ ὕλῃ 11.155; κεραυνοὶ αὐτοῖσι ἐνέπιπτον Hdt. 8.37; ἐμπέσοι γέ σοι (sc. ὁ πύργος) Ar. Pl. 180, etc.: abs., ῥύμῃ ἐ. Th. 2.76, cf. Hdt. 1.34: c. gen., ὠκεανοῖο Arat. 635. Geom., meet, of a line meeting another, Euc. 1 Post. 5, etc.; to be placed, ἐὰν εἰς τὸν κύκλον εὐθεῖα ἐμπέσῃ Archim. Sph.Cyl. 1.9; ἡ ἐμπεσοῦσα ibid. of a dislocated limb, fall into place, Hp. Art. 8.
2. fall upon, attack, ἐν δ’ ἔπεσον προμάχοις Od. 24.526, cf. Il. 16.81; στρατῷ E. Rh. 127; τοῖς πολεμίοις X. Eq.Mag. 8.25, etc.; ἐμπεσόντες having fallen on them, Hdt. 3.146, cf. 7.16. ά: metaph., insult, ἄλλοισι δ’ ἐμπίπτων γελᾷ Pi. I. 1.68; so,
3. of evils, diseases, etc., fall on one, attack, κακὸν ἔμπεσε οἴκῳ Od. 2.45; λὺγξ τοῖς πλέοσιν ἐνέπιπτε κενή Th. 2.49; νόσημα ἐμπέπτωκεν εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα D. 19.259; πρὶν ἐμπεσεῖν σπαραγμόν S. Tr. 1253; ὕπνος ἐ. Pl. Ti. 45e: of passions, of frames of mind, χόλος, δέος ἔμπεσε θυμῷ, Il. 9.436, 17.625; ἔρως μή τις ἐμπίπτῃ στρατῷ A. Ag. 341; Ἔρως, ὃς ἐν κτήμασι πίπτεις S. Ant. 782 (lyr.); ἐμοὶ.. οἶκτος Id. Ph. 965; τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις ἐνέπεσέ τι γέλωτος Th. 4.28; μὴ λύσσα τις ἡμῖν ἐμπεπτώκοι X. An. 5.7.26; ἔλεος ἐμπέπτωκέ τίς μοι Philippid. 9.1; ἐ. εἰς.., Hdt. 7.43, E. IA 443, Th. 2.48 codd., Lys. 1.18, etc.: rarely c.acc., οὐδείς ποτ’ αὐτοὺς.. ἂν ἐμπέσοι ζῆλος S. OC 942; ἐμπέπτωκ’ ἔρως.. Ἑλλάδα E. IA 808. of words, καί μοι ἔπος ἔμπεσε θυμῷ came into my mind, Od. 12.266; λόγος ἐμπέπτωκεν ἀρτίως ἐμοί came to my ears, S. OC 1150; κἂν περὶ ἀνδρῶν γ’ ἐμπέσῃ λόγος τις a report arose, Ar. Lys. 858, cf. Pl. R. 354b, Lg. 799d, Thphr. Char. 2.2; so τόποι ἐμπίπτοντες available, suitable topics, Hermog. Prog. 7, etc., cf. Ph. 1.179.
4. light or fall upon, πρὶν ἁλίῳ γυῖον ἐμπεσεῖν before his body was exposed to the sun, Pi. N. 7.73; [ θηρία] ἐμπίπτοντα ταῖς ὄψεσι Hdn. 3.9.5; also εἰς τὴν ὄψιν, εἰς τὴν αἴσθησιν, Pl. Ti. 67d, R. 524d. fall into, ἐ. ἐν ἀπορίᾳ Id. Euthd. 293a; ἐπὶ συμφορήν Hdt. 7.88; more freq. ἐ. εἰς.., ἐ. εἰς ἄτας S. El. 216 (lyr.); εἰς βάρβαρα φάσγανα E. Hel. 864; εἰς ἐνέδραν X. Cyr. 8.5.14; εἰς ἔρωτα Antiph. 235.3; εἰς νόσον Antipho 1.20; εἰς ὑποψίας Id. 2.2.3; εἰς φαῦλον σκέμμα Pl. R. 435c; εἴς τινα βυθὸν φλυαρίας Id. Prm. 130d; εἰς πράγματα D. 18.292; ἐ. εἰς τὰ πεπραγμένα, in speaking, come upon the exploits, ib.211; εἰς λόγους ib.42, cf. 59.
5. τῷ ἀκοντίῳ ἐ. τῷ ὤμῳ throw oneself on the javelin with one’s shoulder, i.e. to give all one’s force to the throw, Hp. Aër. 20.
6. break in, burst in, στέγῃ S. OT 1262; πύλαις E. Ph. 1146; εἰς τὴν θύραν κριηδόν Ar. Lys. 309; intrude, εἰς τὸ ἀρχεῖον Arist. Pol. 1270b9: abs., A. Ag. 1350; ἐμπεσών violently, rashly, Hdt. 3.81.
7. εἴς τι fall within the province of, Pl. Tht. 205d; εἰς τὰς εἰρημένας αἰτίας Arist. Metaph. 986a15, cf. Rh. 1401b29, Ph. 196b9; εἰς ἄλλο πρόβλημα Id. Pol. 1268b25. of income, εἰς τὸν λόγον τινὸς ἐ. PLille 16.5 (iii B.C.), cf. POxy. 494.21 (ii A.D.). of suits, come before, εἰς δικαστῶν πλῆθος Arist. Pol. 1300b35, cf. Plu. Sol. 18.
8. ἐ. εἰς δεσμωτήριον to be thrown into prison, Din. 2.9, cf. D. 25.60 (abs., get into prison, Luc. Tox. 28); εἰς ζήτρειον Eup. 19 D.; so ἐ. εἰς τὸν Τάρταρον Pl. Phd. 114a: Com., εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν Com.Adesp. 9D.
9. of circumstances, happen, occur, Paus. 7.8.4.
10. desert, πρός τινα LXX [2Ki 25:11].