ἐπιλείπω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">leave behind</b>, ἐπὶ δὲ πλεῖον ἐλέλειπτο <span class="bibl">Od.8.475</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span> 1.8.18</span> codd.:—Med., <b class="b2">leave behind</b>, of gleanings, v.l. in <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ob.</span>1.5</span>:— Pass., c.gen., <b class="b2">fall short of</b>, παντὸς ἀριθμοῦ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Epin.</span>978b</span>: c. dat., <b class="b3">τῇ</b> <b class="b3">δυνάμει, τῇ οὐσίᾳ</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>20.2</span>, <span class="bibl">27.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span>. <b class="b2">leave untouched</b>, <b class="b3">ὡς οὔτ'</b> ἂν τῶν ἐμῶν ἐπιλίποιμι οὐδὲν οὔτε τῶν φίλων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>310e</span>: c.part., <b class="b3">μυρία</b> ἐ. λέγων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>26b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">52d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span>. of things, <b class="b2">fail</b> one, c.acc. pers., ἥβην... ἥ μ' ἐπιλείπει <span class="bibl">Thgn.1131</span>; ὕδωρ [μιν] ἐπέλιπε <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.21</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.174</span>; so <b class="b3">τῶν ὄμβρων ἐπιλιπόντων αὐτούς</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τοὺς ποταμούς</b>) <span class="bibl">Id.2.25</span>; γλαῦκες ὑμᾶς οὔποτ' ἐπιλείψουσι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1106</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπειδὰν αὐτοὺς ἐπιλίπωσιν</b> ἐλπίδες <span class="bibl">Th.5.103</span>: c.inf., [ὁ νόμος] ἐμοὶ μόνῳ ἐπέλιπε μὴ ὠφελῆσαι <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.17</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπιλίποι ἂν ἡμᾶς ὁ χρόνος</b> time would <b class="b2">fail</b> me, <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Lys.12.1</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Hebr.</span>11.32</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ὕδωρ ἡμᾶς ἐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Isoc.15.320</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπιλείψει</b> με λέγονθ' ἡ ἡμέρα <span class="bibl">D.18.296</span>: later, c.dat., <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cic.</span>42</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>8.17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span>. Hdt., freq. of rivers, <b class="b3">ἐ. τὸ ῥέεθρον</b> <b class="b2">leave</b> their stream <b class="b2">unfilled</b>, <b class="b2">run dry</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.43</span>, <span class="bibl">58</span>, al.; without <b class="b3">ῥέεθρον</b>, <b class="b2">fail, run dry</b>, ib. <span class="bibl">127</span>; τὰς κρήνας καὶ τὰ φρέατ' ἐπιλείπειν πέφυκεν <span class="bibl">D.14.30</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span>. generally, <b class="b2">fail, be wanting</b>, ἵνα μὴ ἐπιλίπῃ κατεσθιόμενα <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.108</span>; <b class="b3">σῖτος</b> <b class="b3">ἐπιλιπών</b> <b class="b2">a deficiency</b> of it, <span class="bibl">Th.3.20</span> codd.; <b class="b3">τὰ ἐπιτήδεια ἐ</b>. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.7.1</span>; <b class="b3">ὥστε τὸν λόγον μηδέποτε ἐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>334e</span>; opp. <b class="b3">περιγίγνεσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span> 554</span>: c.gen., <b class="b2">fall short</b>, <b class="b3">σπουδῆς οὐθὲν ἐ</b>. <span class="title">Michel</span> 332.9 (Odessus).</span>