ἀπόπτωσις

A. falling off or away, ὀστέων Hp. Mochl. 35; ἀνθέων Dsc. Praef. 8.

2. ἀ. τῆς ἀρχῆς deposition, Ath. 12.530a.

3. direction in which a force is exerted, Ph. Bel. 73.7.

4. vanishing, disappearance, negation, τὸ μηδαμῶς ὂν ἀ. ἐστι τοῦ ὄντος Dam. Pr. 8; eclipse, τοῦ εἰδώλου ib.433.

II. declension from, καθήκοντος Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.51, M.Ant. 10.12, Procl. Inst. 209 (pl.); τῆς εὐσεβείας Hierocl. in CA 11p.442M.; κατὰ ἀπόπτωσιν, opp. κατὰ κατόρθωσιν, Herm. in Phdr. p.166A.