ξυνέπεσε (xynepese)

ξυνέπεσε is an Ancient Greek form of συμπίτνω, meaning “fall together, clash”. It is the 3rd person singular aorist active indicative.

It can also be a form of συνέπειμι, “attack together”.

Found 42 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.68.3: ξυνέπεσε γὰρ καὶ τὸν τῶν Ἀθηναίων κήρυκα ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ γνώμης κηρύξαι τὸν βουλόμενον ἰέναι Μεγαρέων μετὰ Ἀθηναίων θησόμενον τὰ ὅπλα. οἱ δ’ ὡς ἤκουσαν, οὐκέτι ἀνέμενον, ἀλλὰ τῷ ὄντι νομίσαντες κοινῇ πολεμεῖσθαι κατέφυγον ἐς τὴν Νίσαιαν.

Procopius, De Bellis 4.14.16: ὥσπερ δὲ οὐχ ἱκανὰ ταῦτα τῷ δαιμονίῳ διαφθεῖραι τὰ Ῥωμαίων πράγματα ἐν σπουδῇ ἔχοντι, ξυνέπεσέ τι καὶ ἄλλο τοῖς τὴν στάσιν μελετῶσιν ἐφόδιον.

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.