ὑπόλοιπος
εἰ γάρ κεν καὶ σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖο καὶ θαμὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἔρδοις, τάχα κεν μέγα καὶ τὸ γένοιτο → for if you add only a little to a little and do this often, soon that little will become great (Hesiod W&D, 361-362)
English (LSJ)
ον,
A left over, μετὰ τῶν ὑ. with the survivors or remaining descendants, Hdt.7.171; τοὺς ὑ. Πεισιστρατιδέων Id.6.123. 2 of things, = λοιπός, ὑ. τὸ βάραθρόν σοι γίγνεται still remains for you, Ar Pl.431; τί ὑμῖν ὑπόλοιπόν ἐστι τῆς ἐκείνων ἀρετῆς; And.1.109; τὸ ὑ. the residue, Pl.R.427e, POxy.1252v.36 (iii A. D.), etc.; ὅσα ἦν ὑ. all that remained to be done, Th.4.90; τῆς ὑ. Ἀθηναίων καταλύσεως what remained to effect their destruction, Id.8.26; ἔστι δ' ἡ ἐνέργεια ἐν ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις τῆς ὑπολοίπου ἕξεως καὶ φύσεως, i. e. the pleasure declared to be a γένεσις εἰς φύσιν is really the ἐνέργεια of the healthy remainder of the organism, Arist.EN1152b35; ἡ ὑ. ἰσημερία the other equinox, Gal.17(1).15. (In codd. ὑπό- and ἐπί-λοιπος are often interchanged.)
