1. to fall under or down, to sink in , (Plutarch) 2. to fall down before any one, with accusative, (Plato Philosophus): —;hence, to be subject to him, fall under his power, (Isocrates Orator); of a flatterer, to cringe to , τινί (Demosthenes Orator); with accusative ὑποπεσὼν τὸν δεσπότην (Aristophanes Comicus) 3. to fall behind another, (Demosthenes Orator) 4. to get in under or among , (Thucydides) 5. of accidents, to happen, fall out , (Isocrates Orator) 6. of persons, to fall under a punishment, with dative, (Plutarch) 7. of places, to lie under or below , with dative, (Polybius Historicus) (ML)