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ἐκλείπω

ἐκλείπω, to leave out, omit, pass over

ἐκλείπ-ω,
  • leave out, pass over, πολλὰ δʼ ἐκλείπω λέγων A. Pers. 513; ἐ. ὄχλον λόγων Id. Pr. 827, cf. D. 25.47; ἐ. Ἄνδρον leave out, pass over Andros, Hdt. 4.33; ἐ. ὁτιοῦν τῆς παρασκευῆς Th. 7.48; τὴν στρατιάν X. HG 5.2.22; εἴ τι ἐξέλιπον, σὸν ἔργον ἀναπληρῶσαι Pl. Smp. 188e:—Pass., ὄνειδος οὐκ ἐκλείπεται fails not to appear, A. Eu. 97.
      • 2 forsake, desert, abandon, τὰς πατρίδας, τὴν ξυμμαχίην, etc., Hdt. 1.169, 6.13, etc.; θήρας μόχθον E. Hipp. 52; τὸ ξυνώμοτον Th. 2.74; τὸν ὅρκον E. IT 750; abandon, quit, τὴν τάξιν Hdt. 8.24, al.; τὴν χώρην Id. 4.105, 118, al.; τὸν πλοῦν S. Ph. 911, cf. 58; give up, τὴν τυραννίδα Hdt. 6.123; τὰ ὑπάρχοντα Th. 1.144; θρήνους E. Ph. 1635; v. infr. II.2.
      • 3 freq. in elliptic phrases, ἐκλείπειν τὴν πόλιν εἰς τὰ ἄκρα abandon the city and go to the heights, Hdt. 6.100, cf. 8.50, X. An. 7.4.2; ἐξέλειπον οἴκους πρὸς ἄλλον εὐνάτορα E. Andr. 1040 (lyr.).
      • 4 εἴ τις ἐξέλιπε τὸν ἀριθμόν (of the Persian immortals) if any one left the number incomplete, Hdt. 7.83.
      • 5 fail one, ἐκλελοίπασιν ὑμᾶς αἱ προφάσεις Lys. 8.16, cf. Pl. Lg. 657d.
    • II intr., of the Sun or Moon, suffer eclipse, Th. 2.28; in full, ὁ ἥλιος ἐκλιπὼν τὴν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἕδρην Hdt. 7.37; ἐ. τὰς ὁδούς Ar. Nu. 584.
      • 2 die, οἱ ἐκλιπόντες the deceased, Pl. Lg. 856e; τῶν ἄλλων ἐκλελοιπότων Is. 11.10, etc.; of trees, BGU 1120.33 (i B.C.); more freq. in full, ἐ. βίον S. El. 1131; ὑφʼ ὧν ἥκιστα ἐχρῆν τὸν βίον ἐκλιπών (=ἀποθανών) Antipho 1.21; so ἐ. φάος E. Ion 1186, etc.
      • 3 faint, Hp. Prorrh. 1.71.
      • 4 generally, leave off, cease, τῇ μοι [ὁ λόγος] ἐξέλιπε Hdt. 7.239; ἐ. πυρετός Hp. Aph. 4.56, cf. Th. 3.87; ἐκλέλοιπεν εὐφρόνη, i.e. it is day, S. El. 19; ὥστε μὴ ʼκλιπεῖν κλέος ib. 985, cf. 1149; [αἱ ἐργασίαι] ἐκλελοίπασιν Isoc. 8.20: c. part., leave off doing, Pl. Mx. 234b, cf. 249b: c. gen., θεραπείας Plu. Marc. 17.
      • 5 fail, be wanting, ῥώμη γὰρ ἐκλέλοιπεν ἣν πρὶν εἴχομεν E. HF 230, cf. Pl. R. 485d; τῶν ἐπιτηδείων ἐκλειπόντων D.S. 16.75; ἡ φωνὴ ἐξέλιπε Luc. Nigr. 35; περὶ ὧν ἐ. [ὁ νόμος] Arist. Pol. 1286a37: Gramm., of words in a sentence, A.D. Synt. 11.17; of grammatical forms, ib. 168.21.
      • 6 remain, be left, LXX 4 Ki. 7.13.
      • 7 depart, A. Pers. 128 (lyr.), Th. 219.
      • 8 ἐκλείπων σφυγμός remittent pulse, Gal. 9.66.

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