ἐπιλείπω: Difference between revisions

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