πίπτω
A. "to fall, fall down", Hom., etc.; πίπτειν ἐν κονίηισιν "to fall in" the dust, i. e. "to fall and lie" there, Il.; π. ἐν δεμνίοις Eur., etc.; or without ἐν, πεδίωι πίπτειν Il.; π. δεμνίοις Eur.; also, π. ἐπὶ χθονί Od.; ἐπὶ γᾶι Soph.; πρὸς πέδωι Eur.; with a Prep. of motion, π. ἐς πόντον Hes.; ἐπὶ γᾶν Aesch.; πρὸς οὖδας Eur.
B. Special usages:
I. πίπτειν ἔν τισι "to fall violently upon, attack", ἐνὶ νήεσσι πέσωμεν Il.; πρὸς μῆλα καὶ ποίμνας Soph.
2. "to throw oneself down, fall down", πρὸς βρέτη θεῶν Aesch.; ἀμφὶ γόνυ τινός Eur.
II. "to fall" in battle, πίπτε δὲ λαός Il., etc.; οἱ πεπτωκότες "the fallen", Xen.; π. δορί by the spear, Eur.; —π. ὑπό τινος "to fall by" another's hand, Hdt.
2. "to fall, be ruined", ὁ?έρξεω στρατὸς αὐτὸς ὑπ᾽ ἑωυτοῦ ἔπεσε, Lat. mole sua corruit, id=Hdt.
3. "to fall, sink", ἄνεμος πέσε the wind "fell" (so Virg. "cadunt austri)", Od.
4. "to fall short, fail", Plat.; of a play, "to fail", Ar.
III. ἐκ θυμοῦ πίπτειν τινί "to fall out of" his favour, Il.; so, π. ἐξ ἐλπίδων Eur.: —reversely, π. ἐς κακότητα Theogn.; εἰς νόσον Aesch.; φόβον, ἀνάγκας Eur., Thuc., etc.; also, π. ἐν φόβωι Eur.; π. δυσπραξίαις Soph.
2. π. εἰς ὕπνον "to fall" asleep, id=Soph.; or simply ὕπνωι Aesch.
IV. πίπτειν μετὰ ποσσὶ γυναικός "to fall" between her feet, i. e. to be born, Il.
V. of the dice, τὰ δεσποτῶν εὖ πεσόντα θήσομαι I shall count my master's throws good or lucky, Aesch.; so of lots, ὁ κλῆρος π. τινί or παρά τινα Plat.; ἐπί τινα NTest.
2. generally, "to fall, turn out", εὖ, καλῶς πίπτειν "to be lucky", Eur., etc.
VI. "to fall under, belong to" a class, Arist.