ἐλασσόω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. ἐλαττόω: aor. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἠλάττωσα <span class="bibl">Lys.13.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.16.21.5</span>: pf. ἠλλάττωκα <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>6</span>, etc.:—Pass., fut. -ωθήσομαι <span class="bibl">Th.5.34</span>, <span class="bibl">D. 21.66</span>: fut. Med. in same sense, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.11</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.5.104</span>: aor. <b class="b3">ἠλασσώθην, -ττώθην</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.1.77</span>, <span class="bibl">D.10.33</span>: pf. ἠλάττωμαι <span class="bibl">Apollod.Com.7.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb. 18.4.3</span>:—[[make less]] or <b class="b2">smaller, diminish, reduce in amount</b>, PTeb.19.11 (ii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLips.</span>105.28</span> (i A.D.):—Pass., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>918xi3</span> (ii A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in early writers, [[lower]], [[degrade]], τὴν πόλιν <span class="bibl">Lys.13.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.8.17</span>; ἠλάττωσας αὐτὸν βραχύ τι παρ' ἀγγέλους <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ps.</span>8.6</span>; [[cut down]], [[shorten]], συναλοιφαῖς τὰ ῥήματα <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>6</span>: c. gen., [[detract from]], μὴ προστιθέναι τιμήν, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἐλασσοῦν τῆς ὑπαρχούσης <span class="bibl">Th.3.42</span>:—Med., [[reduce the power of]], τινάς <span class="bibl">Plb.22.15.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Pass., </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> abs., <b class="b2">to be lessened, suffer loss, be depreciated</b>, of things, <span class="bibl">Th.2.62</span>; of persons, <span class="bibl">Id.4.59</span>,al., <span class="title">OGI</span>139.10(ii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>382.13</span>(i B.C.), <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Lib.</span>p.32</span> O., al., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Jo.</span>3.30</span>, etc.; μέγα τοῦθ' οἱ πατέρες ἠλαττώμεθα <span class="bibl">Apollod.Com. 7.3</span>; also, <b class="b2">take less than one's due, waive one's rights</b> or [[privileges]], <span class="bibl">Th. 1.77</span>, <span class="bibl">D.56.14</span>; but, <b class="b2">fall short of one's professions, act dishonestly</b>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.49</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. dat. rei, [[have the worst of it]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.11</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.5.104</span>, etc.; τῷ πολέμῳ <span class="bibl">Id.1.115</span>; to [[be inferior]], τῇ ἐμπειρίᾳ <span class="bibl">Id.5.72</span>; πολλαῖς ναυσί <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.5.15</span>; <b class="b3">πᾶσι τούτοις</b> ib.<span class="bibl">6.2.28</span>; <b class="b3">ἠλαττωμένος τοῖς ὄμμασι</b>, of a one-eyed man, <span class="bibl">Plb.18.4.3</span>; πρός τινα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>215ii18</span>: c. gen., [[fall short of]], τῶν ἀρχετύπων <span class="bibl">Ph.1.606</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c. gen. pers., [[to be at a disadvantage with]] a person, πολλὰ μὲν οὖν ἔγωγ' ἐλαττοῦμαι κατὰ τουτονὶ τὸν ἀγῶν' Αἰσχίνου <span class="bibl">D.18.3</span>; ἐλαττοῦσθαί τινός τινι Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1.121b; μηδὲν τῶν δημιουργῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Grg.</span>459c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> c. gen. rei, [[suffer loss in respect of]], <b class="b3">κεφαλαίου, τόκων</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>155.10</span> (ii A.D.); to [[be in want of]], <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">1 Ki.</span>21.15(16)</span>: also c. dat., ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ki.</span>3.29</span>.</span>