ἐμπίπτω
Infl. fut. -πεσοῦμαι
Infl. aor2 ἐνέπεσον
Infl. epic ἔμπεσον
1. "to fall in or upon or into", c. dat., Hom., etc.
2. "to fall upon, attack", id=Hom.; also ἐμπ. εἰς.., Hdt., etc.; rarely c. acc., Soph., Eur.
3. "to light or chance upon" a thing, "to fall in with", τινί Hdt., etc.; more commonly ἐμπ. εἰς.., Lat. incidere in.., Soph., etc.
4. "to break in, burst in or into", c. dat., id=Soph., etc.; aor2 part. ἐμπεσών "violently", Hdt.
B. ἐμπίτνω poet. for ἐμπίπτω
1. "to fall upon", τινί Aesch., Soph.