“fall away” in Latin

= revolt, desert. Vid: FALL OFF, IMPROPR. (b). FALL BACK,

Retire, Vid:

To have anything to fall back upon, est alicui regressus (ad aliquid); regressum habere ad aliquid (e.g., ut si domestici imperii taedeat, sit regressus ad principem patresque, they might be able to fall back upon, etc., Tac., Ann., 12, 10, fin.). FALL OFF, decidere [Vid: under FALL, A, 1]. IMPROPR., (a) decrease, minui: imminui; in flesh, corpus amittere (opposed to corpus facere): (b) desert, revolt, deficere, desciscere ab aliquo (to anybody, ad aliquem); deserere aliquem (leaving him in difficulties). FALL ON or FALL UPON,

PROPR., [Vid: under FALL, A, 1]. To fall upon anybody’s neck, in alicujus collum invadere (with impetuosity, Cic., Phil., 2, 31, fin.); brachia alicujus collo or manus alicujus cervicibus injicere: alicujus cervices manibus amplecti.

To rush toward with violence or hostility, invadere, irruere, involare in with accusative (to fall upon a country, anybody’s possessions, etc.). To fall upon = attack, Vid: To fall upon the enemy, the rear, the flank, etc. Vid. ATTACK, and the substantives FLANK, REAR. FALL OUT, PROPR., excidere (of teeth; swords from the hand; anybody from a ship, etc.), re, ex or de re (e.g., gladii de manibus).

IMPROPR. (a) To happen, Vid :: (b) = quarrel, Vid: FALL SHORT, deficere alicui or aliquem (to fail; opposed to superesse). Provisions, wine, began to fall short, res frumentaria, vinum aliquem deficere coepit. FALL UNDER, To fall under the dominion of anybody, in alicujus ditionem venire; sub alicujus imperium ditionemque cadere; sub nutum ditionemque alicujus pervenire.