περιπίπτω
Infl. fut. -πεσοῦμαι
Infl. aor2 -έπεσον
I. "to fall around, so as to embrace", τινί Xen.
2. "to fall around", i. e. "upon", a weapon, τῷ ξίφει Ar.
II. c. dat. "to fall in with", Hdt., Xen.; of ships meeting by chance at sea, Hdt., Thuc.
2. "to fall foul of" other ships, Hdt.; περὶ ἀλλήλας of one another, id=Hdt.; also, π. περὶ τόπον "to be wrecked" on a place, id=Hdt.
3. metaph. "to fall in with, fall into", c. dat., π. ἀδίκοισι γνώμῃσι "to encounter" unjust judgments, id=Hdt.; π. δουλοσύνῃ id=Hdt.; αἰσχρᾷ τύχῃ Eur.; but, ἑωυτῷ περιπίπτειν "to be caught in" one's own snare, Hdt.; so, τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ λόγοις περιπίπτειν Aeschin.
III. "to change suddenly", Polyb.
2. "to fall on one side", Plut.
B. περιπίτνω poet. for περιπίπτω
1. c. acc., καρδίαν π. "to come over or upon" the heart, Aesch.