πτῶμα

A. fall, πεσεῖν . . πτώματ’ οὐκ ἀνασχετά A. Pr. 919; πίπτουσι . . πτώματ’ αἰσχρά S. Ant. 1046; π. θανάσιμον πεσῇ E. El. 686; ἡ πόλις οὐκ ἂν ἔπεσε τοιοῦτον π. Pl. La. 181b.

b. fall in wrestling, Call. Iamb. 1.274, AP 9.391 (Diotim.): metaph., booby-trap, π. φιλοσόφων ἀπαλαιστρότατον Phld. Rh. 1.8S.; lapse, blunder, Gal. 10.124.

2. metaph., misfortune, calamity, τά γ’ ἐκ θεῶν πτώματα calamities sent by the gods, E. HF 1228.

3. pl., injuries due to falls, bruises, Dsc. 1.128,3.1,5.117.

II. fallen body, corpse, carcase, freq. with gen., πτῶμα Ἑλένης, Ἐτεοκλέους, E. Or. 1196, Ph. 1697, cf. LXX Jd. 14.8, D.H. 4.70, etc.; πτώματα νεκρῶν E. Ph. 1482 (anap.): without a gen., A. Supp. 662 (s. v.l., lyr.), Plb. 15.14.2, Sardis 7 No. 165, Plu. Alex. 33, etc.: collective in sg., SIG 700.17 (Maced., ii B.C.), Apoc. 11.8, Polyaen. 6.18.1.

2. of buildings, ruin, οἰκίας, κρηνῖδος, IG 11(2).161 A 120, 163 Ba 21 (Delos, iii B.C.); ἐπὶ τοῦ π. on the ruins (of the wall), Plb. 16.31.8, cf. 5.4.9,5.100.6, Aristid. Or. 25(43).27; breach in a city-wall, D.S. 16.8, al.: pl., ruins, IG 11(2).199 A 103 (Delos, iii B.C.), Ph. Bel. 100.45, Plb. 21.28.2; π. οἴκων Phryn. 351; π. ἐλαιῶν fallen olive-trees or fruit, Lys. Fr. 203 S.; windfall fruit, of the φοῖνιξ, Dsc. 1.109.

III. payment which falls due, PEleph. 11.4 (iii B.C., pl.), PLond. 1.3.37 (ii B.C.).