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εἰσπίπτω 1 2

I.to fall into, but generally with a notion of violence, to rush or burst in, ἐς πόλιν Hdt.; ἐς οἴκημα Thuc.:—poet. c. dat., ἐσπίπτει δόμοις Eur.
2.simply to fall into, ἐς χαράδρας Thuc.; εἰσπ. εἰς εἱρκτήν to be thrown into prison, id=Thuc.; in Poets, c. acc., Eur.
3.to fall into a certain condition, ξυμφοράν id=Eur.
II.to fall upon, attack, τινά Hdt., Soph.
B.εἰσπίτνω, poet. form of εἰσπίπτω, ϝ. πίτνω, Eur.

1 fut. -πεσοῦμαι

2 aor2 -έπεσον

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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