ἐλάττωμα
From LSJ
χρώμεθα γὰρ πολιτείᾳ οὐ ζηλούσῃ τοὺς τῶν πέλας νόμους → we live under a form of government which does not emulate the institutions of our neighbours
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A inferiority, disadvantage, D.18.237, Phld.Rh.2.29S.; ἐ. ποιεῖν Plb.6.16.3. 2 loss, defeat, IPE 12.32B15 (pl., Olbia, iii B.C.), Plb.1.32.2, Onos.32.8 (pl.), etc. 3 defect, κατὰ τὴν ὄψιν D.H.5.23; περὶ τὴν λέξιν Id.Th.35; τὰ τῶν παιδικῶν ἐ. Chor.inRh.Mus.49.510; δωματικὰ ἐ. Hierocl.p.49A., cf. Phld.Ir.p.52 W., al., Iamb.Protr.20 (v. ἐλάσσωμα).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐλάττωμα: τό, μειονέκτημα, Δημ. 306. 12. 2) ἀπώλεια, ἧττα, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 2058Β. 15, Πολύβ. 1 32. 2. κτλ. 3) ἐλάττωμα, ὡς καὶ νῦν, κατὰ τὴν ὄψιν Διον. Ἁλ. 5. 23.
