Lexical Definition

‎προσπίπτω‎ prospíptō (pros-pip'-to) to fall/beat ^G:V
from ‎πρός‎ and ‎πίπτω‎

beat upon, fall (down) at (before).

• to fall towards, i.e. (gently) prostrate oneself (in supplication or homage), or (violently) to rush upon (in storm)

Abbott-Smith

προσ-πίπτω, [in LXX for נפל, נגע hi., כּרע;]
1. to fall upon, strike against: c. dat., of wind, Mt 7:25.
2. to fall down at one's feet, fall prostrate before: absol., seq. πρός, Mk 7:25; c. dat. pers., Mk 3:11 5:33, Lk 8:28, 47, Ac 16:29; τ. γόνασιν, Lk 5:8.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

προσπίπτω,

Doric dialect ποτιπίπτω [Refs 4th c.BC+]: future -πεσοῦμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+], see at {προσπτήσσω}:—fall upon, strike against, ἔς τι variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; fall against, as a mound against a wall, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but πρὸς τὸ οὖς προσπίπτων is uncertain reading in [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__2 fall upon, attack, assault, πόλεσιν, ὁπλίταις, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 simply, run to, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 fall upon, embrace, τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+] join the party of another, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, fasten on, in argument, τῇ διαφορᾷ [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__5 fall in with, meet with, encounter, μὴ λάθῃ με προσπεσών [Refs 5th c.BC+]; fall in with, δυστυχεστάτῳ κλήρῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δήγματι to be bitten, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with a preposition, πρὸς τὰς τῶν φυλάκων ψυχάς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς βράχεα, πρὸς τὰ κοινά, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II of things,
__II.1 of events, accidents, etc., come suddenly upon, befall one, τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ συμφοραὶ προσπίπτουσαι misfortunes by befalling, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ π. τύχαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ π. ἐπιθυμία [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τὰ προσπίπτοντα according to circumstances, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ π. εἰς τὸν ἀνθρώπινον βίον [Refs 4th c.BC+]; προσπεσούσης μοι τῆς.. ἐπιστολῆς when the letter came to hand, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.2 of expenses, to be incurred, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 of money, to be paid in to an account, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.4 of rights and duties, etc., pass to, devolve or fall upon, ὅταν λειτουργία προσπέσῃ ἀπολύειν αὐτούς [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὥστε μηδεμίαν ὑποψίαν ἐκείνῳ γε προσπεσεῖν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; κληρονομίας -πεσούσης μοι [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II.5 come to one's ears, be told as news, εἴ τισιν ἀπιστότερος προσπέπτωκεν ὁ λόγος [Refs 4th c.BC+] news came that.., with accusative et infinitive, [Refs]; προσπέπτωκεν Παῶν ἀναπλεῖν Wilcken [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; προσπεσόντων τῷ βασιλεῖ περὶ τῶν γεγονότων [LXX]
__II.5.b π. δι᾽ ἑαυτοῦ or αὐτόθεν to be self-evident, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.6 sit or fit closely, of a bandage, προσπεπτωκός, opposed to χαλαρόν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.7 Geometry texts, meet, πόλος πρὸς ὃν αἱ γραμμαὶ προσπίπτουσιν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of lines, to be drawn to meet, πρὸς κύκλον [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; π. ἐπὶ.. pass through a point, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.8 of the pulse, ={ὑποπίπτω}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of the womb, ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III fall down at another's feet, prostrate oneself, προσπίπτων προσκυνέει τὸν ἕτερον [προσπίπτω 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.6.2: with \_dative\_, π. βωμοῖσι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 904, compare “OC” 1157; τινὸς γόνασι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1332, “Andr.” 860 (Lyric poetry), etc.; προσπεσὼν αὐτῷ.. ἱκέτευε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 349a; θεῶν πρὸς βρέτας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 31; πρὸς γόνυ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 79: also with \_accusative\_, π. βρέτη δαιμόνων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 94 (Lyric poetry)">Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare προσπίτνω.