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<b class="b2">With non-personal subject</b>: P. [[ἐκλείπω|ἐκλείπειν]], Ar. and P. ἐπιλείπειν.
<b class="b2">Leave in the lurch</b>: P. and V. [[λείπω|[[λείπω|λείπειν]], [[προλείπω|προλείπειν]], [[καταλείπω|καταλείπειν]], προϊέναι (or mid.), προδιδόναι.
<b class="b2">You fail your friends in time of trouble</b>: V. ἀπαυδᾶς ἐν κακοῖς φίλοισι σοῖς (Eur., ''And.'' 87).
<b class="b2">When he saw his eyesight failing him</b>: P. ἐπειδὴ ᾔσθετο . . . τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν αὐτὸν προδίδοντα (Dem. 1239).
V. intrans. Of persons, <b class="b2">meet with ill-success</b>: P. and V. ἁμαρτάνειν, σφάλλεσθαι, ἐξαμαρτάνειν, πταίειν, P. ἀποτυγχάνειν, διαμαρτάνειν, V. [[ἀμπλακεῖν]] (2nd aor.), [[ἀπαμπλακεῖν]] (2nd aor.).
<b class="b2">Be unlucky</b>: P. and V. δυστυχεῖν, Ar. and P. ἀτυχεῖν.
<b class="b2">Of things, not to succeed</b>: P. and V. κακῶς χωρεῖν, οὐ προχωρεῖν.
<b class="b2">His plan will succeed and mine will fail</b>: V. τὰ τοῦδε μὲν πεπραγμένʼ ἔσται τἀμὰ δʼ ἡμαρτημένα (Soph., ''O.R.'' 620).
<b class="b2">Give out</b>: P. and V. [[ἐκλείπω|ἐκλείπειν]], ἐλλείπειν, Ar. and V. [[λείπω|[[λείπω|λείπειν]] (rare P.), Ar. and P. ἐπιλείπειν.
<b class="b2">Go bankrupt</b>: P. and V. ἀνασκευάζεσθαι; see [[bankrupt]].
<b class="b2">Flag</b>: P. and V. ἀπειπεῖν, παρίεσθαι; see [[flag]].
<b class="b2">My limbs fail</b>: V. λύεται δέ μου [[μέλη]] (Eur., <b class="b2">Hec.</b> 438).
<b class="b2">Bent spine and failing knee</b>: V. [[διπλῆ]] [[ἄκανθα]] καὶ παλίρροπον [[γόνυ]] (Eur., ''El.''
492) <b class="b2">Fail</b> (<b class="b2">to do a thing</b>): P. and V. οὐ [[δύναμαι|δύνασθαι]] (infin.), οὐκ ἔχειν (infin.).
<b class="b2">Fail in, not succeed in</b>: P. διαμαρτάνειν (gen.), ἀποτυγχάνειν (gen.), P. and V. ἁμαρτάνειν (gen.). σφάλλεσθαι (gen.), ἀποσφάλλεσθαι (gen.), V. [[ἀμπλακεῖν]] (gen.) (2nd aor.).
<b class="b2">The gloom of night is dangerous to fail in</b>: V. ἐνδυστυχῆσαι δεινὸν εὐφρόνης [[κνέφας]] (Eur., ''Phoen.'' 727).
<b class="b2">Be wanting in</b>: P. and V. ἐλλείπειν (gen.), ἀπολείπεσθαι (gen.), V. λείπεσθαι (gen.).
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