ἀπόλειψις
ἐν ταῖς ἀνάγκαις χρημάτων κρείττων φίλος → it is better in times of need to have friends rather than money, a friend in need is a friend indeed (Menander, Sententiae monostichoi 143)
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, (ἀπολείπω)
A abandonment, ἡ ἀ. τοῦ στρατοπέδου Th.7.75; defection, Id.4.126; desertion of a husband by his wife (cf. ἀπολείπω 11.1), D.30.15; ἀπόλειψιν ἀπογράφεσθαι (v. ἀπογράφω 111.2) ib.17 (but also, = ἀπόπεμψις, ἀ. γράψασθαι Plu.2.100e); desertion by soldiers, seamen, etc., X.HG4.1.28, D.50.11. II intr., deficiency, of rivers, failing, Arist.Mete.351a21 (pl.); of the moon, waning, Id.GA767a5; of the sun, departure to southern hemisphere, Jul.Or.4.137d. 2 death, δοιὴ δὲ θνητῶν γένεσις, δοιὴ δ' ἀ. Emp.17.3; ἀ. τοῦ ζην Hyp.Epit.24; ἐκ τοῦ ὄντος Porph.Sent.20. III in Law, default, Cod.Just. 1.4.18.
