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ἀποπίπτω ,
A.fall off from, “ἐκ πέτρης” Od.24.7; “ἀπὸ τῶν φιαλέων” Hdt. 3.130; τοῦ κολεοῦ ἀ. ὁ μύκης ib.64, cf. Hecat.22 J.; “ἀ. τῶν ἵππων” slip off, Plb.11.21.3.
2. abs., fall off, “στιλπναὶ δ᾽ ἀπέπιπτον ἔερσαι” Il. 14.351, cf. Th.4.4, Arist.HA557b29.
II. miss or fail in obtaining, “τῆς ἐλπίδος ἀ.” Plb.9.7.1; “τἀγαθοῦ” Procl.Inst.13; fail to record, let slip, “τῶν ἀναγκαιοτέρων” D.S.13.84: abs., to be disappointed, fail, Plb.4.36.5, UPZ70.27(ii B.C.).
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 13.84
    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.130
    • Homer, Odyssey, 24.7
    • Thucydides, Histories, 4.4
    • Homer, Iliad, 14.351
    • Polybius, Histories, 11.21.3
    • Polybius, Histories, 4.36.5
    • Polybius, Histories, 9.7.1
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