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ἐπιλείπω

ἐπιλείπω, to leave behind; to run out, fail

ἐπιλείπω,
  • leave behind, ἐπὶ δὲ πλεῖον ἐλέλειπτο Od. 8.475, cf. X. An. 1.8.18 codd.:—Med., leave behind, of gleanings, v.l. in LXX Ob. 1.5:— Pass., c. gen., fall short of, παντὸς ἀριθμοῦ Pl. Epin. 978b: c. dat., τῇ δυνάμει, τῇ οὐσίᾳ, Arist. Ath. 20.2, 27.4.
      • 2 leave untouched, ὡς οὔτʼ ἂν τῶν ἐμῶν ἐπιλίποιμι οὐδὲν οὔτε τῶν φίλων Pl. Prt. 310e: c. part., μυρία ἐ. λέγων Id. Phlb. 26b, cf. 52d.
    • II of things, fail one, c. acc. pers., ἥβην . ., ἥ μʼ ἐπιλείπει Thgn. 1131; ὕδωρ [μιν] ἐπέλιπε Hdt. 7.21, cf. 2.174; so τῶν ὄμβρων ἐπιλιπόντων αὐτούς (sc. τοὺς ποταμούς) Id. 2.25; γλαῦκες ὑμᾶς οὔποτʼ ἐπιλείψουσι Ar. Av. 1106; ἐπειδὰν αὐτοὺς ἐπιλίπωσιν ἐλπίδες Th. 5.103: c. inf., [ὁ νόμος] ἐμοὶ μόνῳ ἐπέλιπε μὴ ὠφελῆσαι Antipho 5.17; ἐπιλίποι ἂν ἡμᾶς ὁ χρόνος time would fail me, Isoc. 1.11, cf. Lys. 12.1, Ep.Hebr. 11.32; τὸ ὕδωρ ἡμᾶς ἐ. Isoc. 15.320; ἐπιλείψει με λέγονθʼ ἡ ἡμέρα D. 18.296: later, c. dat., Plu. Cic. 42, Ael. NA 8.17.
      • 2 Hdt., freq. of rivers, ἐ. τὸ ῥέεθρον leave their stream unfilled, run dry, Hdt. 7.43, 58, al.; without ῥέεθρον, fail, run dry, ib. 127; τὰς κρήνας καὶ τὰ φρέατʼ ἐπιλείπειν πέφυκεν D. 14.30.
      • 3 generally, fail, be wanting, ἵνα μὴ ἐπιλίπῃ κατεσθιόμενα Hdt. 3.108; σῖτος ἐπιλιπών a deficiency of it, Th. 3.20 codd.; τὰ ἐπιτήδεια ἐ. X. An. 4.7.1; ὥστε τὸν λόγον μηδέποτε ἐ. Pl. Prt. 334e; opp. περιγίγνεσθαι, Ar. Pl. 554: c. gen., fall short, σπουδῆς οὐθὲν ἐ. Michel 332.9 (Odessus).

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