Lexical Definition

‎ἐπιπίπτω‎ epipíptō (ep-ee-pip'-to) to fall/press upon ^G:V
from ‎ἐπί‎ and ‎πίπτω‎

fall into (on, upon) lie on, press upon.

• to embrace (with affection) or seize (with more or less violence
• literally or figuratively)

Abbott-Smith

ἐπι-πίπτω [in LXX chiefly for נָפַל ;]
to fall upon (Field, Notes, 25): c. dat. pers., Mk 3:10 (v. Swete, in l), Ac 20:10; seq. ἐπὶ τ. τράχηλον (as Ge 46:29, To 11:8, III Mac 5:49, al.), Lk 15:20, Ac 20:37. Metaph., φόβος, Lk 1:12, Ac 19:17, Re 11:11; ὀνειδισμοί, Ro 15:3 (LXX); of the Holy Spirit: seq. ἐπί, c. dat., Ac 8:16; ἐπί, c. acc, Ac 10:44 11:15; absol., Ac 23:7.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἐπιπίπτω,

fall upon or over, ἐπέπιπτον ἀλλήλοις [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2. of money, accrue, τὸ μέρος ὃ εὑρίσκομες ἐπιπῖπτον ἐπὶ τὸ χρέος τὸ ὀφειλόμενον “SIG” 953.66 (Cnidus, 2nd c.BC).
__II. fall upon in hostile sense, attack, assail, τινί 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.105 [Refs]; ἀφυλάκτῳ αὐτῷ ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἐς τοὺς Ἕλληνας, variant for{ἐσ-}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of storms, τοῖσι βαρβάροισι ὁ βορῆς ἐπέπεσε[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of winds meeting one another, [Refs]; of diseases, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so of grief, misfortunes, etc., οὐχὶ σοὶ μόνᾳ ἐπέπεσον λῦπαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1043 (Lyric poetry), etc.; ἐπέπεσε πολλὰ καὶ χαλεπὰ κατὰ στάσιν ταῖς πόλεσι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82, etc.
__II.2. come on after, ἐ. ῥῖγος πυρετῷ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.46.
__II.3. accumulate, πλήθη σίτου ἐπιπεπτωκέναι “PPetr.” 2p.62 [Refs 3rd c.BC+]