πτῶμα -τος, τό

(πίπτω), [in LXX: Jdg.14:8 (מַפֶּלֶת), Job.16:15 (14) (פֶּרֶץ), Isa.51:19 (שֹׁד), Jdth.8:19, Wis.4:18, al. ;]

__1. a fall, metaphorically, 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 with genitive, νεκρῶν, etc. but also absol. as in late writers and NT, a fallen body, a carcase, corpse: Mat.14:12 24:28, Mrk.15:45; π. αὐτοῦ, Mrk.6:29; αὐτῶν, Rev.11:8-9 (cf. Rutherford, NPhr. 472 f.).†

(AS)

a fall; a misfortune; calamity; a ruin; a fallen body; a carcase; corpse