ἐπιλείπω

English (LSJ)

   A 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 οὔτ' 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 μ' 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 οὔποτ' 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 λέγονθ' ἡ ἡμέρα D.18.296: later, c.dat., Plu.Cic.42, Ael.NA8.17.    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 φρέατ' 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).