προσπίπτω
Infl. fut. -πεσοῦμαι
Etym. for ποτιπεπτηυῖαι v. προσπτήσσω
Etym. see also the poetic form προσπίτνω.
I. "to fall upon, strike against", ἔς τι Soph.; τινί Xen.:— "to fall against", as a mound against a wall, Thuc.
2. "to fall upon, attack, assault", τινί id=Thuc., Xen., etc.; absol., Thuc., Xen.
3. simply "to run to", Hdt., Xen.
4. "to fall upon, embrace", τινί Eur.; hence, πρ. τινί "to join the party of" another, Xen.
5. "to fall in with, light upon, meet with, encounter", μὴ λάθῃ με προσπεσών Soph.; c. dat. rei, "to fall in with", Eur., Xen.;—c. acc., μείζω βροτείας πρ. ὁμιλίας Eur.
II. of things,
1. of accidents, "to come suddenly upon, befal" one, τινί Hdt., Eur., etc.:— absol. "to occur", Hdt., Thuc.; πρὸς τὰ προσπίπτοντα according "to circumstances", Arist.
2. of expenses, "to fall upon", Thuc.
3. "to come to one's ears, be told as news", Aeschin.
III. "to fall down at" another's "feet, prostrate oneself", Hdt., Soph.: c. dat., πρ. βωμοῖσι Soph.; γόνασί τινος Eur.; θεῶν πρὸς βρέτας Ar.
2. c. acc. "to fall down to, supplicate", Eur.