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συμπίπτω , Ion. Iterat.
2. generally, fall in with, meet with, esp. with accidents or misfortunes, c. dat. rei, “ἀσιτίῃσιHdt.3.52; “φόνῳS.OT113; “κακοῖς τοιοῖσδεId.Aj.429; but simply, fall in with, meet, τινι UPZ62.10 (ii B.C.), PTeb.58.56 (ii B.C.).
III. coincide, agree or be in accordance with, “ς. τούτοισι τόνδε τὸν λόγονHdt. 7.151; ὥστε ς. τὸ πάθος τῷ χρηστηρίῳ turned out in accordance with it, Id.6.18: abs., agree by chance, Id.2.49; εἰς ταὐτὸν ς. agree in one, Pl. Tht.160d, R.473d, etc.; ἐμοὶ σὺ συμπέπτωκας ἐς ταὐτὸν λόγου have come to exactly the same point with me, E.Tr.1036.
IV. fall together, i.e. fall in, esp. of a house, “συμπίπτει στέγηId.HF905; “πόλις ὑπὸ σεισμοῦ ξυμπεπτωκυῖαTh.8.41; “οἰκία ς.X.An.5.2.24; φοβουμένη μὴ συμπέσῃ [τὸ ἰσιεῖον] PEnteux.6.3 (iii B.C.); esp. of the vessels of the body, fall in, collapse, Hp.Off.13, Sor.1.16, al.; “οἱ κρόταφοι συμπίπτουσιGal.18(2).29; μυκτῆρες συμπεπτωκότες, opp. ἀναπεπταμένοι, X.Eq.1.10; σῶμα συμπεσόν a frame fallen in or emaciated, Pl.Phd. 80c; ὀφθαλμοὶ ς. Arist.HA561a21; “αἱ κοιλίαι ς. τοῦ νέφουςId.Pr.940b31, al.; of plant-structures, Thphr.CP1.4.4; collapse, of animals, PSI6.584.25 (iii B.C.); of the heart, contract, Ruf.Syn.Puls.3.6; συνέπεσε τῷ προσώπῳ his face fell, LXX Ge.4.5; τὸ πρόσωπον συνέπεσεν ib.1 Ki.1.18; -πέπτωκα τῇ καρδίᾳ ἀπὸ μερίμνης ib.1 Ma.6.10.
V. fall together, fall into the same line, ς. ἐπ᾽ ἀλλήλων ὑπὸ στενοχωρίας impinge one on another, Pl.Tht.195a; converge, meet, “τὸ τὰς παραλλήλους ς. οἴεσθαιArist.APo.77b23, cf. Euc.1Def.23, Archim.Spir.20, al.; οἱ πόροι παρ᾽ ἀλλήλους εἰσὶ καὶ οὐ ς. Arist.HA495a15; of the sides of a triangle, Plb.2.14.5; of a river, “ς. τῷ ΚηφισῷPlu.Sull.16.
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