ἐλλιπής

English (LSJ)

ές, (ἐλλείπω) Act.,

   A leaving out, omitting, τινός Pl.Lg. 924b.    II Pass., wanting, defective, μνήμης Th.7.8; ἐ. κάλλους, ἀκριβείας, Pl.Lg.669a, R.504b, etc.: c. dat., προθυμίᾳ ἐλλιπεῖς Th.6.69; δεῖπνον . . μηδενὶ ἐλλιπές Euang.1.3; ἐν τοῖς πεζικοῖς τῷ καθοπλισμῷ Plb.18.22.5.    2 abs., failing, ἐ. καὶ μὴ δυνατὸς ἐπιμελεῖσθαι negligent, Pl.Lg.901c; τὸ μὴ ἐπιχειρούμενον ἀεὶ ἐλλιπὲς ἦν τῆς δοκήσεως whatever was not attempted was so much lost of their reckoning, Th.4.55, cf. 5.1; τὸ ἐ. τῆς γνώμης ὧν . . ᾠήθημεν πράξειν the failure of judgement in respect of... Id.4.63; τὸ ἐ. defect, Arist. Rh.1371b4; τὸ τῆς νομοθεσίας ἐ. Plb.6.49.6: Comp. -έστερος ib.11.3. Adv. ἐλλῐμεν-πῶς inadequately, deficiently, λέγειν Isoc.Fr.3.β.5; πρός τι ἔχειν Aret.CD1.2; ἔχειν τινός Cod.Just.1.1.7.11; γεγραμμένα Gal. Libr.Propr.2; opp. περιττῶς, Philostr.VS1.11: Comp. -έστερον OGI 56.13 (iii B.C.); ἐ. τῆς ἀληθείας εἰρηκέναι Plb.5.32.2.    III of a number, not equal to the sum of its factors, opp. ὑπερτελής, Theo Sm. p.46H. Adv. -πῶς Iamb.in Nic.p.53P.    IV Gramm., elliptical, φωνή S.E.P.1.188, cf.Sch.S.OT324, etc. Adv. -πῶς Sch.A.R.1.252.