ΠΤΩ͂ΜΑ: πτῶμα, -τος, τό [ (< πίπτω), [in LXX: Jg 14:8 (מַפֶּלֶת), Jb 16:15 (14) (פֶּרֶץ), Is 51:19 (שֹׁד), Jth 8:19, Wi 4:18, al.;] ] 1. . a fall, metaph., a misfortune, calamity (Trag., Plat., Polyb., al.; LXX).
2. . That which has fallen; (a) . of buildings, a ruin (Polyb.); (b) . of living creatures, in cl. (poët. only) usually c. gen., νεκρῶν, etc., but also absol., as in late writers and NT, a fallen body, a carcase, corpse: Mt 14:12 24:28, Mk 15:45; π. αὐτοῦ, Mk 6:29; αὐτῶν, Re 11:8, 9 (cf. Rutherford, NPhr., 472 f.).†