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|Definition=Att. [[ἐλαττόω]]: aor.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἠλάττωσα Lys.13.9, Plb.16.21.5: pf. ἠλλάττωκα [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''6, etc.:—Pass., fut. ἐλαττωθήσομαι Th.5.34, D. 21.66: fut. Med. in same sense, Hdt.6.11, Th.5.104: aor. <b class="b3">ἠλασσώθην, ἠλαττώθην</b>, Id.1.77, D.10.33: pf. ἠλάττωμαι Apollod.Com.7.3, Plb. 18.4.3:—[[make less]] or [[make smaller]], [[diminish]], [[reduce in amount]], PTeb.19.11 (ii B.C.), ''PLips.''105.28 (i A.D.):—Pass., ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''918xi3 (ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> in early writers, [[lower]], [[degrade]], τὴν πόλιν Lys.13.9, Isoc.8.17; ἠλάττωσας αὐτὸν βραχύ τι παρ' ἀγγέλους [[LXX]] ''Ps.''8.6; [[cut down]], [[shorten]], συναλοιφαῖς τὰ ῥήματα [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''6: c. gen., [[detract from]], μὴ προστιθέναι τιμήν, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἐλασσοῦν τῆς ὑπαρχούσης Th.3.42:—Med., [[reduce the power of]], τινάς Plb.22.15.1.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Pass.,<br><span class="bld">1</span> abs., to [[be lessened]], [[suffer loss]], [[be depreciated]], of things, Th.2.62; of persons, Id.4.59,al., ''OGI''139.10(ii B.C.), ''PTeb.''382.13(i B.C.), Phld.''Lib.''p.32 O., al., ''Ev.Jo.''3.30, etc.; μέγα τοῦθ' οἱ πατέρες ἠλαττώμεθα Apollod.Com. 7.3; also, [[take less than one's due]], [[waive one's rights]] or [[waive one's privileges]], Th. 1.77, D.56.14; but, [[fall short of one's professions]], [[act dishonestly]], Isoc.1.49.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. dat. rei, [[have the worst of it]], Hdt.6.11, Th.5.104, etc.; τῷ πολέμῳ Id.1.115; to [[be inferior]], τῇ ἐμπειρίᾳ Id.5.72; πολλαῖς ναυσί X.''HG''1.5.15; <b class="b3">πᾶσι τούτοις</b> ib.6.2.28; <b class="b3">ἠλαττωμένος τοῖς ὄμμασι</b>, of a one-eyed man, Plb.18.4.3; πρός τινα ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''215ii18: c. gen., [[fall short of]], τῶν ἀρχετύπων Ph.1.606.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. gen. pers., to [[be at a disadvantage with]] a person, πολλὰ μὲν οὖν ἔγωγ' ἐλαττοῦμαι κατὰ τουτονὶ τὸν ἀγῶν' Αἰσχίνου D.18.3; ἐλαττοῦσθαί τινός τινι Pl.''Alc.''1.121b; μηδὲν τῶν δημιουργῶν Id.''Grg.''459c.<br><span class="bld">4</span> c. gen. rei, [[suffer loss in respect of]], [[κεφαλαίου]], [[τόκων]], ''BGU''155.10 (ii A.D.); to [[be in want of]], [[LXX]] ''1 Ki.''21.15(16): also c. dat., ib.''2 Ki.''3.29.