Definition:
ἀνα-πίπτω [in LXX: Gen.49:9 (כָּרַע) Tob.2:1 7:8, Jdth.12:10, Sir.25:18 32:2, Da TH Sus 1:37 *;] 1) (cl.) to fall back. 2) In late writers = ἀνα-κλίνομαι, to recline for a repast (MM, VGT, see word): at table, Luk.11:37 14:10 17:7 22:14, Jhn.13:12 21:20; on the ground, Mat.15:35 Mrk.6:40 8:6 Jhn.6:10; to lean back, Jhn.13:25 (T, ἐπιπεσών; see: ἀνάκειμαι, ad fin.). SYN.: ἀνάκειμαι (which see), ἀνακλίνομαι (AS)
Definition:
ἀναπίπτω,
poetry ἀμπ,
fall back, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
lay oneself back, like rowers, [
Refs 5th c.BC+], compare e; of riders, ὑπτίους ἀναπεπτωκότας ἐλαύνειν[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
metaphorically,
fall back, give ground, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
flag, lose heart, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ταῖς σπουδαῖς (
vulgar form σπονδ-) ἀναπεπτωκέναι[
Refs 1st c.BC+]
2.b)
perfect participle ἀναπεπτωκώς
lifeless, of style, σχῆμα ἀ.[
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
3) of a plan,
to be given up, ἀνεπεπτώκει τὰ τῆς ἐξόδου[
Refs 4th c.BC+]
4) ἀ. ἀπ᾽ οἴκων
to be banished from one's house, poetical cited in Athenagoras
pro Christo 22.
5)
recline at meals, like{ἀνάκειμαι}, [
NT+2nd c.AD+]
5.b)
take to one's bed in sickness, [
Refs]
6)
recoil, of the arms of torsion-engines, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]