- συμπίπτω
- be downcast
- G:V
- 1. to fall together, meet in battle, come to blows , Lat. concurrere, [8th/7th c.BC, Refs 5th c.BC]: ς. ἐς νείκεα [Refs 5th c.BC]: to encounter , κλύδωνι [Refs 5th c.BC]; νηί [Refs 5th c.BC]
2. generally, to fall in with, meet with accidents, misfortunes, c. dat., [Refs 5th c.BC, Refs 5th c.BC]
3. of ailments, events, to fall upon, happen to , c. dat. pers., [6th/5th c.BC, 5th/4th c.BC]; also ἔς τινα [Refs 5th c.BC]
4. absol. to happen or fall out at the same time, concur , [Refs 5th c.BC]
5. c. part, like τυγχάνω, τόδε συνέπεσε γενόμενον [Refs 5th c.BC]
6. impers., συνέπεσε, it happened, fell out, came to pass , c. inf., [Refs 5th c.BC]; ξυνέπεσεν εἰς τοῦτο ἀνάγκης ὥστε . . matters came to such a pass that . ., [Refs 5th c.BC]; or c. acc. et inf., [Refs 5th c.BC]
7. to coincide, agree or be in accordance with , τινί [Refs 5th c.BC]: absol. to agree exactly , [Refs 5th c.BC]; ἐμοὶ σὺ συμπέπτωκας ἐς ταὐτὸν λόγου have come to exactly the same point with me, [Refs 5th c.BC]
8. to fall together , i. e. fall in, collapse , of a house, Lat. concidere, [Refs 5th c.BC, Refs 5th c.BC]; σῶμα συμπεσόν a frame having collapsed from disease, [5th/4th c.BC]
9. συμπίτνω poet. for συμπίπτω, when the penult. is to be short
10. to fall or dash together , of waves, [6th/5th c.BC]
11. to concur , [6th/5th c.BC]; c. dat., [Refs 5th c.BC] (ML)