συμπίπτω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From συν- (sun-, together) +‎ πῑ́πτω (pī́ptō, to fall).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

σῠμπῑ́πτω • (sŭmpī́ptō)

  1. to fall together, meet violently
  2. to fall in with, meet with (especially with accidents, misfortunes)
  3. to fall upon, happen to (of accidents, ailments, symptoms, events)
  4. (abstractly) to happen, occur
  5. to coincide, agree or be in accordance with
  6. to fall together (i.e. fall in, especially of a house)
  7. to fall together, fall into the same line

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: συμπίπτω (sympípto) (learned)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek συμπίπτω (sumpíptō).[1] By surface analysis, συμ- (sym-) +‎ πίπτω (pípto).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /simˈbi.pto/
  • Hyphenation: συ‧μπί‧πτω

Verb

συμπίπτω • (sympípto) (past συνέπεσα) (intransitive)

  1. to coincide (to occur at the same time)
  2. to coincide (to occupy exactly the same space)
  3. to coincide, to concur (to correspond or agree)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

References

  1. ^ συμπίπτω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language