πι?πτω (root πετ, for πιπέτω),
ipf. ἔπι_πτον, πῖπτε, fut. πεσέονται, inf. πεσέεσθαι, aor. 2 πέσον, inf.
πεσέειν, perf. part. πεπτεῶτα: fall; fig., ἐκ θυ_μοῦ τινί, out of one's favor, Il. 23.595; freq. of falling in battle,
and from the pass. sense of being killed, w. ὑπό (‘at the hands of’) τινος, also ὑπό τινι, Ζ
453, Il. 17.428; in hostile
sense, fali upon, ἐν
νηυσί, Il. 11.311; upon
each other (σύν, adv.), Il. 7.256; fig. (ἐν, adv.), Il. 21.385; of
the wind ‘falling,’ ‘abating,’
‘subsiding,’ Od.
14.475, Od.
17.202.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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