ἐλαττονέω
From LSJ
Theocritus, Idylls, 30.3
English (LSJ)
A receive less, LXX Ex.16.18; but, give less, ib.30.15. 2 waste, be consumed, ib.3 Ki.17.16; to be missing, defective, PMagd.26.12 (iii A.D.). 3 Med., lack, want, ib.11.22.
German (Pape)
[Seite 790] weniger haben, bekommen, LXX.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐλαττονέω: λαμβάνω ὀλιγώτερον, Ἑβδ. (Ἔξ. Ιϛ΄, 18). ΙΙ. ἐν τῷ παθ., ἐπὶ γῆς, καθίσταμαι ἧττον γόνιμος, Ἀριστ. π. Φυτ. 2. 3. 13.
English (Strong)
from ἐλάσσων; to diminish, i.e. fall short: have lack.
English (Thayer)
(Buttmann, 7), ἐλαττόνω: 1st aorist ἠλαττόνησα; (ἔλαττον); not found in secular authors (yet see Aristotle, de plant. 2,3, p. 825a, 23); to be less, inferior (in possessions): to make less, diminish: 2 Maccabees 13:19, etc.)