ἐπιλείπω,
leave behind, ἐπὶ δὲ πλεῖον ἐλέλειπτο [
Refs 8th c.BC+] codices:—
middle,
leave behind, of gleanings, variant in [
LXX]:—
passive, c.
genitive,
fall short of, παντὸς ἀριθμοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 978b: with
dative, τῇ δυνάμει, τῇ οὐσίᾳ[
Refs]
2).
leave untouched, ὡς οὔτ᾽ ἂν τῶν ἐμῶν ἐπιλίποιμι οὐδὲν οὔτε τῶν φίλων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 310e: c.
participle, μυρία ἐ. λέγων [
Refs]
II). of things,
fail one, c.
accusative person, ἥβην, ἥ μ᾽ ἐπιλείπει [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; so τῶν ὄμβρων ἐπιλιπόντων αὐτούς (i.e. τοὺς ποταμούς) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπειδὰν αὐτοὺς ἐπιλίπωσιν ἐλπίδες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.103: c.
infinitive, [ὁ νόμος] ἐμοὶ μόνῳ ἐπέλιπε μὴ ὠφελῆσαι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.17; ἐπιλίποι ἂν ἡμᾶς ὁ χρόνος time would
fail me, [
NT]; τὸ ὕδωρ ἡμᾶς ἐ. [
Refs]; ἐπιλείψει με λέγονθ᾽ ἡ ἡμέρα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.296: later, c.
dative[
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.2). [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
leave their stream
unfilled,
run dry, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; without ῥέεθρον,
fail, run dry,[
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.3). generally,
fail, be wanting, ἵνα μὴ ἐπιλίπῃ κατεσθιόμενα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.108; σῖτος ἐπιλιπών
a deficiency of it, [
Refs]; τὰ ἐπιτήδεια ἐ. [
Refs]; ὥστε τὸν λόγον μηδέποτε ἐ. [
Refs]; opposed to περιγίγνεσθαι, [
Refs]: c.
genitive,
fall short, σπουδῆς οὐθὲν ἐ. [
Refs]