λοιπός
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
English (LSJ)
ή, όν, (λείπω)
A remaining over, not in Hom., freq.from Pi. and Hdt. downwards; λ. βίοτος Pi.O.1.97; λ.εὐχαί ib.4.15; λ.γένος ib.2.15; also λοιποί descendants, Id.I.4(3).39: in Prose the Art. is commonly added, and ὁ λ. either agrees with the Noun or takes a dependent genitive, αἱ λ. τῶν νεῶν Th.7.72; τὴν λοιπὴν (sc. ὁδὸν) πορευσόμεθα X.An.3.4.46; τὸ λ. τῆς ἡμέρας ib.16, etc. 2 λοιπόν [ἐστι] c. inf., it remains to show, etc., ἀποδεικνύναι, διελέσθαι, etc., Id.Smp.4.1, Pl.R.466d, etc.: also c. Art., τὸ λ. ἤδη ἡμῖν ἐστι σκέψασθαι, πότερον what remains for us is to... ib.444e; διανομὴ τοίνυν τὸ λ. σοι ib.535a: without inf., ὃ δὲ λ. quod superest, A.Ag.1571 (lyr.); ὅ τι λ. πόνων Id.Pr.684; τὸ εὐπρεπείας πέρι . . λοιπόν Pl.Phdr.274b. 3 freq. of Time, ὁ λ. χρόνος the future, Pi.N.7.67; πρὸς τὸν λοιπὸν τοῦ χρόνου D.15.16; τὸν λ. χρόνον for the future, S.Ph.84; τοῦ λ. χρόνου Id.El.817; εἰς τὸν λ. χρόνον Pl.Ep.358b; ἐκ τοῦ λ. χρόνου D.59.46: so without Subst. in neut., τὸ λ. henceforward, hereafter, Pi.P.5.118, A.Eu.1031, S.OT795, etc.; τὸ λ. εἰς ἅπαντα . . χρόνον A.Eu.763; τὰ λ. Id.Th.66, S.El.1226, Th.8.21; ἐς τὸ λ. A.Pers.526, Eu.708, cf. Inscr.Prien.64 (ii B. C.); also τοῦ λ. Hdt.1.189, Ar.Pax1084; ἐκ τοῦ λ. X. HG3.4.9; ἐκ τῶν λ. Pl.Lg.709e, Ep.316d; καθεύδετε τὸ λ. sleep now . ., Ev.Matt.26.45, Ev.Marc.14.41; ἑσπέρα δὲ ἦν λ. καὶ . . it was now evening, Jul.Or.1.24c. 4 τὸ λ. and τὰ λ. the rest, A.Pr.476, 697, 699. etc.; καὶ τὰ λ., = 'etc.', Aristeas 190, Plu.2.1084c, etc.; also λοιπόν without the Art., as Adv., for the rest, further, and so freq., = ἤδη, already, λ. δή Pl.Prt.321c; αἰσχρὸν δὴ τὸ λ. γίγνεται Id.Grg. 458d. 5 λοιπόν, Adv. then, well then, Plb.1.15.11, al., Dsc.2.83, Arr.Epict.1.24.1; οὐδεμία λ. ἀμφισβήτησίς ἐστιν BGU969.19 (ii A. D.). b finally, λ., ἀδελφοί, χαίρετε 2 Ep.Cor.13.11.