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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• fall (v.):
    1. I. Lit.:
      1. 1. cădo, cĕcĭdi, cāsum, 3: to f. from the top, a summo c., Pl.: to f. from a horse, ex equo c., Cic.: how many leaves f. in the woods, quam multa in silvis c. folia, Virg.: the arms themselves fell from the hands of the citizens, de manibus civium arma ipsa ceciderunt, Cic.: the river Aretho f.s into an arm of the sea, amnis Aretho c. in sinum maris, Liv.
      2. 2. concĭdo, 3 (to f. together, or completely): that room fell, conclave illud concidit, Cic.: a tower fell in an earthquake, turris concidit terrae motu, Suet.
      3. 3. dēcĭdo, 3 (to f. down): to f. from a horse, equo d., Cic.: rain is f.ing, imber d., Hor.: the tunic f.s to the feet, ad pedes tunica d., Suet. Fig.: from how great a hope have I fallen! quanta de spe decidi! Ov.
      4. 4. ruo, ui, ŭtum, 3 (with violence): the wall f.s down, murus ruit, Liv.: Hor.
      5. 5. corruo, 3 (of a complete ruin): the house fell, aedes corruerunt, Cic.: Quint.: the tree f.s to the ground (with a crash), arbor corruit, Ov.
      6. 6. lābor (dēlābor), lapsus, 3 (denoting a more gradual or gentle motion): stars f.ing headlong from the sky, stellae praecipites coelo labentes, Virg.: the chains f. from his arms, labuntur catenae lacertis, Ov.: a statue which fell down from heaven, signum coelo delapsum, Cic.
    2. II. To be slain; to fall dead:
      1. 1. cădo, 3: a few of our men f., pauci de nostris c., Caes.: many a victim shall f. by our right hand, multa nostra cadet hostia dextra, Virg.
      2. 2. concĭdo, 3: to f. in battle, in proelio c., Cic.: a healthy man drinks and immediately f.s dead, bibit sanus, confestim c., Quint.
      3. 3. occĭdo, ĭdi, āsum, 3: Eudemus fell fighting at Syracuse, Eudemus proelians ad Syracusas occidit, Cic.: to f. by one's own hand, sua dextra oc., Virg. Phr.: they have nobly fallen in defence of their country, bene pro patria jacent, Ov.: Liv.: v. to slay.
    3. III. To decline, subside; as the winds:
      1. 1. cădo, 3: the East wind f s, c. Eurus, Ov.: all the violence of the wind fell, venti vis omnis cecidit, Liv.
      2. 2. concĭdo, 3 (at once; of a number): the winds f., concidunt venti, Hor.
      3. 3. pōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (poet.): the winds fell (lulled), venti posuere, Virg. Aen. 7, 26.
    4. IV. To become less (esp. of price):
      1. 1. cădo, 3: military service f.s (in value) in time of peace, pretia militiae in pace c., Liv. 34, 36, fin.: (dresses of) skin fell in value, cecidit pellis, Lucr. 5, 1417.
      2. 2. laxo, 1: the price of provisions had not fallen much, annona haud multum laxaverat, Liv. 26, 20.
      3. 3. retro ăbeo, 4, irr.: the prices of produce have fallen, pretium redituum retro abiit, Plin. Ep. Phr.: by opening the granaries he caused the prices of produce to f., levavit, apertis horreis, pretia frugum, Tac. Ann. 2, 59.
    5. V. To decay, go to ruin:
      1. 1. cădo, 3: the fortune of the Phrygians has fallen, cecidit fortuna Phrygum, Virg.
      2. 2. occĭdo, 3 (utterly): all hope has fallen, occidit spes omnis, Hor.: one house has fallen, occidit una domus, Ov.
      3. 3. ruo, corruo, 3 (suddenly and violently: the latter, of a complete fall): there is no one but perceives that that commonwealth is f.ing, nemo est quin intelligat ruere illam rempublicam, Cic.: the power of the Spartans fell, opes Lacedaemoniorum corruerunt, Cic.: the higher he had been raised, the more disgracefully did he f., quanto altius elatus erat, eo foedius corruit, Liv.
      4. 4. praecipĭto, 1: Cic.: Liv.: v. RUIN (TO GO TO).
• fall, falling (subs.):
    1. I. Lit.:
      1. 1. cāsus, ūs: a f. of snow, nivis c., Liv.: the f. of a drop, stillicidi c., Lucr.: lofty towers descend with a heavier f., celsae graviore c. decidunt turres, Hor.
      2. 2. lapsus, ūs (by slipping): to hold oneself up from falling, se a lapsu sustinere, Liv.
      3. 3. ruīna (with the notion of violence, as ruo): a f. of hail, r. grandinis, Lucr.: the f. of beasts of burden, jumentorum r., Liv.: the sudden f. of a tower, turris repentina r., Caes. Phr.: to have a (heavy) f., (graviter) cadere, concidere, Virg.: Ov.: the f. of the voice, vocis submissio, Cic.: without any f. (of rain), sine ullis coelestibus aquis, Liv. 5, 13.
    2. II. Inclination of ground relatively to water: lībrāmentum: a f. of one quarter of an inch in 100 feet, l. aquae in centenos pedes sicilici. Plin. 31, 6, 31: Vitr.
    3. III. Ruin:
      1. 1. ruīna: to be crushed in the general f. of one's country, communi r. patriae opprimi, Liv.: driven into exile by the f. of his father-in-law, r. soceri in exilium pulsus, Tac.
      2. 2. cāsus: my horrible, grievous, and sudden f., ille meus c. horribilis, gravis, repentinus, Cic.
      3. 3. excĭdium (destruction): the f. of Carthage, Carthaginis excidia, Liv.
    4. IV. Waterfall: dējectus, ūs (with or without aquae or fluminis): the f. of the Peneus, Penei d., Ov.: Sen.: v. waterfall.
    5. V. A lowering, diminution: dēmĭnūtio: a f. in the revenues, d. vectigalium, Cic.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• FALL
1.
  • v. (a) = to fall down; fall to the ground, πίπτειν. (A)
  • PROPR., cadere (Vid: the proper word in nearly all the meanings of the English word; e.g., of the falling of persons, of rain, snow, dice, etc.): decidere (to fall down from anything, re or ex re): excidere (to fall out of anything, aliqua re, ex or de re): incidere: illabi (to fall or slip into; into anything, in aliquid; e.g., incidere in foveam: to fall into the sea, illabi mari; but incidere also = to fall upon anything; e.g., to fall upon anybody’s legs, of a stone, etc., incidere in alicujus crura; also, super aliquem or aliquid †): labi (to slip, etc., denotes the commencement of falling, and therefore expresses less than cadere; ☞ Cic., Phil., 2, 21, init., labentem et paene cadentem rempublicam fulcire): delabi (to slip or slide down; from anything, de aliqua re; e.g., annulus sponte de digito delapsus est): defluere (PROP., to flow down; e.g., from heaven, as rain; then, e.g., to slip or slide down imperceptibly or unobserved to the ground, as a chaplet from anybody’s head). To fall upon anybody, ruina sua comprimere aliquem (of what falls with a crushing weight): a slippery way on which one can scarcely stand or walk without falling or slipping, via lubrica, qua insistere aut ingredi sine casu aliquo aut prolapsione vix possis (Cic., Caecin., 17, 41): to fall into the sea, etc. (of rivers), in mare effundi or se effundere; in mare fluere, influere; in mare erumpere (to break a way by force): to fall toward, prolabi: to fall from heaven, de caelo labi, defluere (of rain): to fall from a carriage, curru excuti; curru excidere (Ov., Fast., 6, 743): to fall down stairs, labi per gradus; per gradus praecipitem ire (of a more violent fall): to fall from a horse, labi ex equo; cadere ex (de) equo; decidere (ex) equo; defluere ex equo in terram (to sink from a horse, of a wounded person, etc.). To fall down at anybody’s feet, knees, etc. [Vid: under FUUT, KNEE]: the leaves fall from the trees, folia ex arboribus decidunt: fruit falls from the trees, fructus defluit; poma cadunt, decidunt (all three, whether ripe or not): to let one’s toga fall from the shoulders, togam de humero dejicere: to let anything fall, excidit alicui aliquid manu or de (ex) manibus; delabitur alicui aliquid de manibus (unintentionally); amittere aliquid de manu or manibus (through carelessness); dimittere de manibus; omittere aliquid (voluntarily to let go, to throw away; e.g., one’s shield, arms; both also figuratively; e.g., to give up; dimittere; e.g., one’s right; omittere, e.g. hope). To fall into poverty, ad inopiam delabi (Tac.); into a fault, in vitium delabi (Cic.). To fall to the ground (= be lost, unheeded; of a saying), excidere; in terram defluere (both Cic., Lael., 15, 68). To fall asleep, [Vid: ASLEEP]. To fall into a passion, a fit; to fall in love, etc.; to fall a sacrifice to, [Vid: the substantives]. Prov. He has fallen on his feet, haud stulte sapit (Ter., Heaut., 2, 3, 32). (b) To fall (down), of what also falls to pieces, concidere (of buildings; e.g., conclave, turris, etc.): procidere (to fall forward, muri pars; also of trees): collabi: prolabi (to sink down, especially of falling down from age): corruere: proruere (violently with a crash. The compounds of pro also implying motion forward). To fall down from old age, aetate prolabi: to threaten to fall, ruinam minari; in ruinam pronum esse. (B) figuratively (1) To fall in war, battle, etc., cadere (commonly with proelio or in proelio, acie or in acie, bello); concidere in proelio; occidere in bello: to fall by anybody’s hand, cadere, occidere, interire or perire ab aliquo: to fall fighting, pugnantem cadere: to fall by assassination, per insidias interfici: to fall fighting for one’s country, pro patria cadere: Eudemus fell in the battle near Syracuse, Eudemus proelians ad Syracusas occidit. (2) To be taken; of a town, expugnari: deleri (to be destroyed from the foundation). (3) In a wider sense (e.g., to lose one’s credit, dignity and power, innocence), cadere, corruere (in respect of credit and power): to begin to fall, labi (Vid: Cic., Rab. Post., 16, 43; labentem excepit... nec amicum pendentem corruere patitur); auctoritatem suam amittere (in respect of influence); benevolentiam alicujus amittere; in odium alicujus incidere; in odium alicui venire (in respect of favor with a prince, etc.); pudicitiam amittere, vitiari (in respect of innocence, of a female).
  • To fall = to come upon, etc., to denote the sudden and unexpected attainment of anything, or happening of anything. Anything (e.g., a book) falls into my hands, aliquid incidit in manus (τυγχάνω τιυός): to fall into the hands (power) of anybody, in manus alicujus incidere, venire: to fall into the hands of one’s pursuers, *ab insequentibus hostibus deprehendi: to fall among robbers, pirates, inter latronum globum incidere (after Liv., 25, 39); in turbam praedonum decidere (Hor.); a praedonibus capi (Suet., Caes. 4): to fall into an ambuscade, in insidias incidere, intrare; insidiis circumveniri: to fall ill, in morbum incidere; morbo corripi; adversam valetudinem contrahere: to fall ill of a disease (Vid: DISEASE): to fall into a swoon, etc. [Vid. SWOON, etc.] : to fall into suspicion with anybody, cadere in suspicionem alicujus. Hence to fall is, (a) generally, to come to any place; e.g., the rays of light fall on any place, lumen penetrat aliquo: the light falls from above into the house, *lumen superne domus occipit: (b) to light upon, to befall; suspicion falls upon anybody, suspicio cadit in aliquem: the guilt falls upon anybody, culpa confertur in aliquem or attribuitur alicui: the lot falls on me, sors contingit me: the choice falls upon anybody, eligitur et creatur alicujus: (c) to happen within a certain space; of a time, a feast, etc., cadere, incidere, in with accusative: to fall in the same period, in idem tempus incidere: the age of Romulus falls in a century, when etc., in id saeculum Romuli cadit aetas, cum etc.: the money falls due on that day, numi cadunt in eum diem: anything falls upon a day, aliquid incidit in aliquem diem (e.g., in quem diem Romana incidant mysteria, facies me certiorem, C., cum in calendas Januarias Compitaliorum dies incidisset). (d) To be, in expressions such as, it falls very hard upon me, aegre or moleste fero aliquid (i. e., I am displeased, dissatisfied); in me unum aliquid incumbit (falls heavily on me alone; e.g., inclinatio communium temporum, Cic.). (e) Anything falls upon me. (α) I bear the loss (in any transaction), damnum ex aliqua re capio. (β) I must undertake it myself; e.g., all oppressive burdens, which formerly were common, fell upon the principal men of the state, omnia onera, quae communia quondam fuerant, inclinata sunt in primores civitatis: the children fall upon the mother only, matri soli liberi sunt educandi. (γ) I bear the blame of a thing, culpa in me confertur or transfertur; culpa mihi attribuitur: (f) to come into the possession of anybody, to fall to his share or lot, obtingit mihi aliquid (especially by lot or choice, when it is somewhat accidental): venit or obvenit mihi aliquid (by good luck, lot, or choice, more with reference to the effect or consequence of it): contingit mihi aliquid (commonly of some favor of fortune; e.g., commoda): nanciscor aliquid (I obtain it by chance or lot, without any co-operation of mine): redit aliquid ad me (anything comes to me from or after another possessor; anything becomes my PROP.). An inheritance has fallen to me, [Vid: INHERITANCE]: anybody’s property falls to me by law, alicujus bona lege ad me redeunt. The province of Syria falls to the lot of Scipio, Scipioni Syria obvenit or obtigit.
  • To sink, be diminished, decrease in height, (A) PROPR., of a cloud, etc., delabi: desidere (to settle on the ground): the water of this fountain rises and falls three times in the day, hic fons ter in die crescit decrescitque: the barometer falls, *Mercurius (in tubo Torricelliano) descendit. (B) IMPROPR., figuratively, (a) of the voice, the tone, cadere: to let the voice fall, vocem remittere (in delivery); *voce inclinata canere (in singing): (b) to lessen, diminish; of price, etc., minui; imminui: the price of corn has fallen, annona laxat, levatur: an article falls in price, *pretium mercis imminuitur; *res fit vilior: his authority has fallen, auctoritas ejus imminuta est.
2.
  • s. A falling down, or the state or condition of falling, casus (general term, also, of the fall of a tower or other high building): lapsus (a slipping, sliding, especially a fall in consequence of a false step; then also of a landslip, terrae lapsus): ruina (a fall of a great mass, of a chamber, tower, etc.): labes (a gradual fall, especially of the earth, terrae). To have a fall, cadere; labi (to slip out or down): to have a severe fall, graviter cadere or concidere (poetically).
  • figuratively, (a) e.g., destruction, ruina (both of a state and of a mercantile house, in which last sense we may say ruinae fortunarum mercatoris alicujus, after Cic., Cat., 1, 6, 14): excidium (e.g., the destruction of a state; e.g., of Carthage): casus (the destruction of a person). (b) the fall of a person from the height of his dignity, *amissa alicujus auctoritas or dignitas; *amissa principis gratia (loss of the favor of a prince).
  • Diminution in the height of a liquid body, decessus: recessus (especially the ebb of the tide; [Vid: EBB]): the fall of the barometer, *descensus mercurii (in tubo Torricelliano). A fall of water, delapsus aquae. To have a fall for water (of a field), delapsum aquae habere.
GRG Georges (1)
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Karl Ernst Georges, Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (8th ed., 1913/1918). Digitized data accessed from latin-dict.github.io and is in the public domain.
Fall,
I. das Niederfallen oder der Zustand, wenn eine Person oder Sache fällt:
A. eig.: casus (im allg., auch vom Einsturz eines Turms oder sonst hohen Gebäudes: u. vom Herabfallen einer Sache, z.B. nivis, stillicidli).
lapsus (das Hingleiten, bes. das Fallen durch einen Fehltritt [z.B. der F. oder das Fallen von der Leiter, lapsus scalarum]: dann auch vom Erdfall, terrae lapsus).
ruina (Einsturz einer großen Masse, eines Zimmers, eines Turms etc.).
labes (der abmähliche Einsturz, bes. der Erde, terrae).
der F. (das Fallen) einer Sternschnuppe, traiectio stellae (Plur. traiectiones stellarum).
sich vom F. aufrecht erhalten, sich vor dem F. bewahren, a lapsu se sustinere: einen F. tun, cadere; labi (aus- oder herabg leiten): einen harten Fall tun, graviter cadere od. concĭdere: den F. drohen (einstürzen wollen), ruinam minari; in ruinam pronum esse.
B. uneig.:
a. Eroberung einer Stadt etc.: expugnatio.
nach dem F. der Stadt, expugnatā urbe.
b. Untergang: ruina.
excidium (Untergang eines Staates, z.B. Karthagos).
casus (Untergang einer Person).
nach dem F. Karthagos, excisā Carthagine.
c. Sturz einer Person von der Höhe ihres Ansehens, s. Sturz.
II. Verminderung der Höhe des Standes eines flüssigen Körpers: decessus. recessus (bes. der Fall der Meeresflut, s. Ebbe).
III. als gramm. t. t. = Beugefall, s. Kasus.
IV. Neigung eines flüssigen od. schweren Körpers nach einem tiefer gelegenen Orte: decursus (von flüssigen Körpern).
declivitas. proclivitas (von schweren).
Übtr., v. Wort-, Tonfall; z.B. einen guten F. haben, bene, numerose cadere.
V. Begebenheit, Umstand:
a. im allg.: casus (aber immer nur = Zufall, zufälliger Umstand).
res (Sache, Umstand, Ereignis).
causa (Umstand, besonderer Fall).
eventus (eintretendes Ereignis).
condicio (durch die Umstände gegebenes, eintretendes, mögliches Verhältnis, gegebene Lage u. dgl., z.B. aliacondicio oratorum, alia poëtarum).
locus (Punkt, Beziehung, Hinsicht).
tempus. occasio (Zeitumstand, Gelegenheit).
ein ähnlicher, verwandter Fall, similitudo; exemplum (als Beispiel).
Zuw. wird auch »Fall« mit einem Pronomen od. Adjektiv im Lateinischen bloß durch das Neutrum des Pronomens od. Adjektivs ausgedrückt, z.B. dieser F., id (s. N ep. Milt. 4, 5): diese beiden Fälle, haec duo: jene zahllosen Fälle, ista innumerabilia: diese u. dergleichen Fälle mehr, haec atque eiusdem generis complura: u. sehr viele andere Fälle, et plurima alia: ein dritter F. ist unmöglich, tertium nihil inveniripotest.
in diesem F., in hac re; in isto genere (wenn sich dieses so verhält): in beiden Fällen, in utraque re; utroque modo (auf beiderlei Weise): in den meisten Fällen, plerumque (meistens): in allen Fällen, in omnibus rebus (z.B. jmdm. dienen, helfen, alci adesse); omnibus rebus (in jeder Hinsicht, z.B. in eo perseverare): in einzelnen Fällen, s. bisweilen: nur in einzelnen F., raro (selten).
im glücklichsten F., si felicissimecesserit: im schlimmsten F., si parum feliciter cesserit.
im andern, entgegengesetzten F. (andernfalls), si hoc non contigerit (im nicht glücklichen Fall); sin aliter (wenn anders); sin aliter accĭderit (im unglücklichen Fall): abgesehen von dem gegenwärtigen Fall, alioqui od. alioquin (außerdem, sonst).
im Fall der Not, nötigenfalls, s. Not no. II: in einem dringenden Falle, necessario tempore; temporis causā (im Drange des Augenblicks, der augenblicklichen Umstände, z.B. leges temporis causā iussae).
für alle Fälle, ad omnes res; ad omnes eventus casusve.
auf alle Fälle, auf jeden Fall, d. i.
α. = auf jede Weise, quoquo modo (z.B. neque id quoquomodo cuiusq ue interest).
β. = wie sich auch die Sache verhalten mag, utcumque sehabet res; u. bl. utcumque (z.B. id tutiusest).
γ. = wie auch die Sache ablaufen mag, ad (in) omnem eventum. ad omnes casus.ad omnes eventus casusve (z.B. gefaßt sein, paratum esse); utcumque res ceciderit od. casura est (wie auch die Sache ausfallen mag oder wird).
δ. = ganz gewiß, certe (sicherlich); profecto (zuverlässig).
auf keinen F., nullam in partem; neutiquam. omnino non.nullo modo (keineswegs).
auf oder für den F. od. in dem F. einer Sache, ad alqd, si accĭdat (z.B. reliqua ad oppugnationem urbis, si accĭdat, reservare, d. i. auf od. für den F. der Belagerung auff paren): od. bl. in mit Abl. (z.B. in periculo).
auf od. für den vorkommenden F., si quid accĭderit: auf oder für den ungewissen F., ad incertum casumet eventum.
der F. kommt oft, tritt oft ein, daß etc., saepe accĭdit, ut etc.: wenn der F. einträte, si usu veniat od. venerit; si quando usus est: es gibt Fälle wo, est, ubi mit Konjunktiv: es treten oft wichtige Fälle ein, saepe incĭdunt res magnae: es kann der F. eintreten, fieri potest; usu venire potest: es kann nie der F. eintreten, non potest accĭdere tempus: das trat nur in seltenen Fallen ein, das war nur sel ten der F., hoc raro incĭdebat.
sich in alle Fälle zu finden wissen, omnia humana ferre.
sich in ebendem F. befinden, in eadem esse condicione: wenn ich mich in diesem F. befände, isto loco si essem: in einem andern F. befindet sich der, der etc., alia causa esteius. qui etc.: das ist gerade der F., haec eadem causa est: das ist nicht der F., alia res est; aliud est: das ist der F., derselbe F. bei jmd., bei etwas (od. der, derselbe F. tri tt ein bei etc), hoc contingit alci od. alci rei; idem (eademres) accĭdit in alqo od. in alqa re: ist dies nicht der F. bei jedem Volke? an hoc non itafit in omni populo: wie es der F. zu sein pflegt, quod evenire solet: es ist ein ganz gewöhnlicher F., daß etc., hoc fere sie fieri solet, ut etc.
in dem Falle, wenn od. daß etc., si; ita … si od. tum … si (dergestalt od. dann, wenn = unter der Bedingung, wenn etc.); cum (so oft als); si est, ut etc. (wenn es angeht, wenn es der Fall ist, daß etc.).
auch od. selbst in dem F., daß etc., bl. ut (= gesetzt den Fall, daß etc.): wie denn selbst in dem Fall, daß etc., ut etiam si
im F., daß etwa etc., si forte.
ja selbst in dem F., wenn etc., etiam si.
doch nur in dem F., wenn etc., ita tamen, si.
den Fall setzen od. annehmen, fingere; facere, z.B. wir wollen den F. setzen (nämlich daß sich die Sache so verhalte), fingamus (faciamus) rem ita esse: wir wollen den F. setzen, die Sache sei wahr, fingamus (faciamus) rem esse veram.
gesetzt den F. (auch bl »gesetzt«), daß od. daß nicht, fac mit Akk. u. Infin. (z.B. fac [eum id] audisse od. non audisse statim); od. bl. ut od. ne mit Konj (z.B. ut fueris dignior quam Plancius: u. nesit summum malum dolor)
b. insbes. der Rechtsfall: condicio (der Umstand, daß sich einer vergeht oder vergangen hat, z.B. insimili condicione inveniri [sich betreten lassen]).
causa (die vor Gericht anhängige Sache, auch als Gegenstand rhetor Behandlung, z.B. causam docere [vortragen] alqm: u. causam discere [sich vortragen lassen], v. Rechtsgelehrten).
species (ein einzelner bestimmter Fall, z.B. haec species incĭdit in cognitionem meam, ist mir zur Untersuchung vorgekommen).