A.come down to, arrive, εἰς τὰ βασίλεια, ἐπὶ κοίτην, D.S.4.52, 3.27, cf. PTeb.59.3 (i B.C.), etc.: metaph., “ἐπὶ τὴν φυσικὴν ὁδόν” Vett.Val.259.3, cf. 185.16, 251.30.
2. in a speech or narrative, come to, arrive at a point, “εἰς τὴν ἔκπτωσιν” Plb. 4.1.8; “ἐπί τινας λογισμούς” Id.10.37.3; “κ. ἐπὶ τὸν ὅρκον” D.S.1.79, cf. J AJ3.10.4, etc.; have recourse to, ἐπὶ [τὴν ἡδονήν] Epicur.Ep.3p.63U.; “ἐπὶ τὰ δάκρυα” Phld.Lib.p.62 O.
3. of persons, κ. εἰς ἑαυτούς attack, commence hostilities against each other, Plb.30.11.3.
4. of events, come upon, “πᾶς δ᾽ ἀγὼν ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ κατήντα” Alex.261.13; κ. εἴς τινα affect him, Phld.Ir.p.83 W.; of blood-guiltiness, fall, “ἐπὶ κεφαλήν τινος” LXX 2 Ki.3.29.
b. turn out, result, “ποῦ καταντήσει πάλιν” Plb.6.4.12; “τὸ πρᾶγμα κ. εἰς ὑπόνοιαν” D.S.1.37; “εἰς τὸ μηδέν” Plb.4.34.2; so of numbers, to be reduced, “εἰς μόνους ἄνδρας δέκα” BGU903.14 (ii A.D.), etc.
II. trans., make to come back, bring back, τινα Palaeph.2; “εἰς ἑαυτὸν τὴν ἀρχιερωσύνην” LXX 2 Ma.4.24 (so intr. in pf., return, “εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν κατηντηκέναι βίον” BGU 1101.5 (i B.C.)).
