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ἀπολείπω

ἀπολείπω, to leave over

ἀπο-λείπω, aor. ἀπέλῐπον (ἀπέλειψα late, Them. Or. 25.310d, Ps.-Phoc. 77):—
  • leave over or behind, οὐδʼ ἀπέλειπεν ἔγκατα Od. 9.292, cf. Heraclit. 56, etc.; κλέος καὶ φήμην Critias 44 D.; bequeath, Test. Epict. 2.3, cf. Mosch. 3.97; ἀ. κληρονόμον leave as oneʼs heir, POxy. 105.3 (ii A.D.); bequeath to posterity, of writings, D.L. 8.58, cf. 7.54.
      • 2 leave hold of, lose, ψυχάν Pi. P. 3.101 (tm.); βίον S. Ph. 1158 (lyr., tm.); νέαν ἁμέραν ἀπολιπὼν θάνοι E. Ion 720 (lyr.): conversely, ἐμὲ μὲν ἀπολέλοιπεν ἤδη βίοτος S. El. 185 (lyr.).
      • 3 leave behind in the race, distance: generally, surpass, X. Cyr. 8.3.25, Lys. 2.4; τινὰ περί τι Isoc. 4.50:—more freq. in Med. and Pass., v. infr.
      • 4leave undisputed: hence, admit, Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.173, Phld. Piet. 17, S.E. M. 7.55, D.L. 7.54; αἰτίαν νόσων ἀ. τὸ αἷμα Meno Iatr. 11.43; [ὁ Διοκλῆς] τὴν φρόνησιν περὶ τὴν καρδίαν ἀ. Herod.Med. in Rh.Mus. 49.540.
      • 5leave, allow, ὑπερβολὴν οὐδὲ ταῖς ἑταίραις Jul. Or. 7.210d.
    • II desert, abandon, oneʼs post, etc., οὐδʼ ἀπολείπουσιν κοῖλον δόμον, of bees, Il. 12.169, cf. Hdt. 8.41, al.; ἀ. (sc. τὴν πολιορκίην) Id. 7.170; τὴν ξυμμαχίαν, τὴν ξυνωμοσίαν, Th. 3.9, 64; of persons, καί σʼ ἀπολείψω σου λειπόμενος E. El. 1310; ξεῖνον πατρώϊον ἀ. leave him in the lurch, Thgn. 521; ἀπολιπὼν οἴχεται Hdt. 3.48, cf. 5.103, Ar. Ra. 83; of a wife, desert her husband, And. 4.14, D. 30.4 (not of the husband, Luc. Sol. 9); of sailors, desert, τὴν ναῦν D. 50.14.
      • 2c. inf., ἀ. τούτους κακῶς γηράσκειν leave them to grow old, X. Oec. 1.22.
      • 3leave undone or unsaid, ὅσα ἀπέλιπε κτείνων τε καὶ διώκων . . σφέα ἀπετέλεσε Hdt. 5.92.ηʹ; ὕβρεως οὐδʼ ὁτιοῦν ἀ. D. 54.4, cf. Pl. R. 420a; omit, συχνὰ ἀπολείπω ib. 509c.
    • III leave open, leave a space, ἀ. μεταίχμιον οὐ μέγα Hdt. 6.77; ἀ. ὡς πλέθρον X. An. 6.5.11; μικρὸν ἀ. leaving a small interval, Hero Aut. 27.1.
    • IV intr., cease, fail, τάων οὔποτε καρπὸς ἀπόλλυται οὐδʼ ἀπολείπει Od. 7.117; opp. γίνεται, Diog.Apoll. 7; of rivers, fall, sink, Hdt. 2.14, 93; ἀ. τὸ ῥέεθρον Id. 2.19; τῆς θαλάττης τὰ μὲν ἀπολειπούσης, τὰ δʼ ἐπιούσης Arist. Mete. 353a22; of swallows, διʼ ἔτεος ἐόντες οὐκ ἀπολείπουσι Hdt. 2.22; of youth, begin to decay, X. Smp. 8.14; fail, flag, lose heart, Id. Cyr. 4.2.3; of the moon, wane, Arist. APo. 98a33.
      • 2 c. gen., to be wanting of or in a thing, προθυμίας οὐδὲν ἀ. Th. 8.22, cf. Pl. R. 533a: freq. of numbers, μηδὲν ἀ. τῶν πέντε κτλ. Id. Lg. 828b; τῶν εἴκοσιν ὀλίγον ἀ. Arist. HA 573b16, etc.; ἀπὸ τεσσέρων πηχέων ἀ. τρεῖς δακτύλους wanting three fingers of four cubits, Hdt. 1.60, cf. 7.117; μήτʼ ἄρʼ ὑπερβάλλων βοὸς ὁπλὴν μήτʼ ἀπολείπων Hes. Op. 489: c. inf., ὀλίγον ἀπέλιπον ἐς Ἀθήνας ἀπικέσθαι wanted but little of coming, Hdt. 7.9.αʹ; βραχὺ ἀ. διακόσιαι γενέσθαι Th. 7.70; οὐδὲν δʼ ἀπολείπετε οὕτω πολεμεῖν D. 4.40; ἡ πόλις μικρὸν ἀπέλιπεν ἔρημος εἶναι Plu. Tim. 1 .
      • 3 c. part., leave off doing, ἀ. λέγων X. Oec. 6.1: abs., ὅθεν ἀπέλιπες from the point at which . ., Pl. Grg. 497c, cf. Phd. 78b, Is. 5.12.
      • 4 depart from, ἐκ τῶν Συρακουσῶν Th. 5.4; ἐκ τοῦ Μηδικοῦ πολέμου Id. 3.10, cf. Pl. Phd. 112c.
  • B Med. (aor. ἀπελιπόμην in A.R. 1.399 (tm.)), like Act. I.1, bequeath to posterity, Hdt. 2.134 codd.; cf. ἀπολείψεται· ἐάσεται, Hsch.
  • C Pass., to be left behind, stay behind, Th. 7.75 (v. l. for ὑπολείπω) X. Cyr. 1.4.20; μόνος ἀπολελειμμένος Antipho 1.3; to be unable to follow an argument, be at a loss, Pl. Tht. 192d.
      • 2 to be distanced by, inferior to, ἀ. [ἀπὸ] τῶν ἄλλων θηρίων Diocl. Fr. 145; to be inferior, ἔν τισι Isoc. 12.61.
    • II to be absent or distant from, c. gen., πολὺ τῆς ἀληθηΐης ἀπολελειμμένοι Hdt. 2.106, cf. Pl. R. 475d; ἥβας E. HF 440 (lyr.): c. gen. pers., X. Mem. 4.2.40, Pl. Smp. 192d: abs., E. Or. 80, Pl. Phdr. 240c; to be deprived of, τοῦ σοῦ . . μὴ ἀπολείπεσθαι τάφου S. El. 1169; πατρῴας μὴ ἀ. χθονός E. Med. 35; τῶν πρὶν ἀπολειφθεὶς φρενῶν Id. Or. 216.
      • 2 to be wanting in, fall short of, ὅτι τοῦ σκώπτειν ἀπελείφθη Ar. Eq. 525; τοῖς ἀπολειφθεῖσι (sc. τῆς παιδείας D. 18.128, cf. Isoc. 12.209; ἀπολειφθεὶς ἠμῶν without our cognizance, D. 19.36; ἀπολειφθῆναι τῶν πραγμάτων to be left in ignorance of . ., Id. 27.2; καιροῦ ἀ. miss the opportunity, Id. 34.38, cf. Isoc. 3.19; θεάματος, ἑορτῆς ἀ., Luc. DMar. 15.1, Sacr. 1; εἰσβολῆς Isoc. 14.31.
      • 3 remain to be done, Plb. 3.39.12: impers., ἀπολείπεται λέγειν, διδάσκειν, D.L. 7.85, S.E. M. 7.1.

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