to lack

Greek Verb

λείπω [in LXX: Job.4:11, Pro.19:4 (פָּרַד), al;] 1) trans, to leave, leave behind; pass, to be left behind, to lack before prep. (as more usual in cl.), ἐν, Jas.1:4; with genitive of thing(s), Jas.1:5 2:15. 2) Intrans, to be gone, to be wanting: with dative of person(s), Luk.18:22, Tit.3:13; τὰ λείποντα, Tit.1:5 (cf. ἀπο, δια, ἐκ, ἐπι, κατα, ἐν-κατα, περι, ὑπο-λείπω). (AS)

to lack

Greek Verb

λείπω, imperfect ἔλειπον [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future λείψω [Refs]aorist 1 ἔλειψα, participle λείψας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; uncompounded, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; also in later Poets, [Refs 3rd c.AD+], etc: but correct writers normally use aorist 2 ἔλῐπον [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc: perfect λέλοιπα [Refs 8th c.BC+]pluperfect ἐλελοίπειν (Attic dialect -η) [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, in properly sense chiefly in compounds: aorist 2 ἐλιπόμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, future middle in passive sense λείψομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also λειφθήσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist ἐλείφθην, λείφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἔλειφθεν [Refs]: perfect λέλειμμαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐλελείμμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect λέλειπτο [Refs]: Epic dialect aorist also ἔλειπτο [Refs 3rd c.BC+] 1) leave, quit, Ἑλλάδα, δώματα, etc, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χερσὶν ὕπο Τρώων λείψειν φάος ἠελίοιο, i.e. die, be killed, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λ. βίον, βίοτον, etc, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 1.b) conversely, τὸν δ᾽ ἔλιπε ψυχή [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ψυχὴ δὲ λέλοιπεν (i.e. ὀστέα) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in these two last passages some take it intransitive, is gone, see below [Refs] 2) leave behind, leave at home, παιδὶ τὸν ἐν μεγάροισιν ἔλειπες [Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially of dying men, leave (as a legacy), Ἀτρεὺς δὲ θνῄσκων ἔλιπεν πολύαρνι Θυέστῃ [τὸσκῆπτρον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. ἄρρενας, θυγατέρας, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—also in middle, leave behind one (as a memorial to posterity), μνημόσυνον λιπέσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2.b) leave standing, leave remaining, spare, οἰκίαν οὐδεμίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) leave, forsake, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὴν αὑτοῦ φύσιν λ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. ἐράνους fail in paying, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; λ. δασμόν, φοράν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. μαρτυρίαν, ὅρκον, fail in, [Refs 4th c.BC+] allow it to go by default, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; λοιβὰς. οὐ λίπε neglected them not, [Refs] 3.b) conversely, λίπον ἰοὶ ἄνακτα they failed him, [Refs 8th c.BC+] 4) in Mathematics texts, lose or drop something, i.e. have something subtracted from it, τὸ KP λιπὸν τὸ BO the area KP minus the area BO, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] II) intransitive, to be gone, depart, [Refs]; see above 1.1b. II.2) to be wanting or missing, οὔ τί πω ἔλιπεν ἐκ τοῦδ᾽ οἴκου. αἰκία [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λείπουσιν αἱ ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς [τρίχες] [NT+4th c.BC+]; τί λείπει τῶν ἐπιτηδείων αὐταῖ; [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τί γάρ σοι λείπε; [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; [εἰς τὴν προκειμένην πραγματείαν] τὸ ὑφ᾽ οὗ γίνεται. μὴ ῥηθὲν οὐ λείπει is not needed, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]infinitive, λείπει μὲν οὐδ᾽ ἃ πρόσθεν ἤδεμεν τὸ μὴ οὐ βαρύστον᾽ εἶναι nihil absunt quin, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρότασις τῆς προειρημένης λείπουσα ὑποθέσει a proposition containing less in the hypothesis than that aforesaid, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ λεῖπον what is lacking, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; esp. Grammars, to be incomplete, of a phrase, λειπούσης τῆς φράσεως [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; to be wanting, omitted, λείποντος τοῦ καί [Refs] II.2.b) of the moon, to be invisible (compare λειψιφαής), [Refs 3rd c.AD+] II.2.c) λείποντα εἴδη, in Algebra, ={λείψεις}, negative terms, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] B) passive, to be left, left behind, ἄλοχος Φυλάκῃ ἐλέλειπτο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also ὀπίσσω, μετόπισθε, κατόπισθε λ, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; παῖδες. μετόπισθε λελειμμένοι left behind in Troy, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ λειπόμενον βίου (variant{βιοτᾶς}) [Refs 4th c.BC+] B.b) in Mathematics texts, to be subtracted: τὸ ἀπὸ τῆς ΔΦ λειφθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς ΔΑ ποιεῖ, the square on ΔΦ subtracted from the square on ΔΑ gives, [Refs 1st c.BC+] B.2) remain, remain over and above, τριτάτη δ᾽ ἔτι μοῖρα λέλειπται [Refs 8th c.BC+] it remains, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: c.accusative et infinitive, πεπληρῶσθαί με [Refs] B.3) remain alive, πολλοὶ δὲ λίποντο [Refs 8th c.BC+] B.II) with genitive, B.II.1) to be left without, to be forsaken of, κτεάνων λειφθεὶς καὶ φίλων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but στρατὸν λελειμμένον δορός which has been left by the spear, i.e. not slain, [Refs 4th c.BC+] B.II.2) to be left behind in a race, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λελειμμένος οἰῶν lingering behind the sheep, [Refs]; λείπετ᾽. Μενελάου δουρὸς ἐρωήν he was left a spear's throw behind Menelaus, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐς δίσκουρα λέλειπτο he had been left behind as much as a quoit's throw,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ κήρυκος μὴ λείπεσθαι not to lag behind the herald, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἀπό τινος to be left behind by one, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λ. βασιλέος or ἀπὸ βασιλέος by the king, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λείπεσθαι τοῦ καιροῦ to be behind time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but, λείπου μηδὲ σύ, παρθέν᾽, ἀπ᾽ οἴκων fail not [to come] from the house, i.e. follow us, uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, to be left behind, be absent, [Refs 5th c.BC+] B.II.3) come short of, be inferior to, τινος, like{ἐλαττοῦσθαι, ἡττᾶσθαι, ὑστερεῖσθαί τινος}, because the Verb has a comparative sense, [Refs]; οὐκ ἔσθ᾽ ὁποίας λείπεται τόδ᾽ ἡδονῆς falls short of, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λείπεσθαί τινος ἔς τι or ἔν τινι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδ᾽ ἔτι θηρὸς ἐλείπετο δερκομένοισιν, i.e. resembled, Epic.in [Refs 5th c.BC+] the inscribed figure falls short of the circumscribed by less than, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with participle, οὐδὲν ἐμοῦ λείπει γιγνώσκων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λέλειψαι τῶν ἐμῶν βουλευμάτων you come short of, understand not my plans, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, to be defeated, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; λείπεσθαι ἐν [τῇ ἀγορανομίᾳ], Latin repulsam ferre, [Refs 1st c.AD+]participle, ἄνδρας λελειμμένους inferior men, [Refs 4th c.BC+]the poor, [Refs] B.II.4) to be wanting or lacking in a thing, fail of or in, with genitive, ὀδυρμάτων ἐλείπετ᾽ οὐδέν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λελ. λόγου failing to heed my word, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μῆνας ἓξ. λειπόμενος (i.e. τῶν εἴκοσι ἐτῶν) [Refs]; also, λ. ἐν τῷ μὴ δύνασθαι μηδ᾽ ὁρᾶν [Refs 5th c.BC+] B.II.5) to be in need of, τῆς σῆς βοηθείας [Refs 5th c.BC+] leiq[uglide], cf. Latin li-n-quo, Sanskrit ric, present 3rd.pers. singular ri-ṇa-k-ti 'leaves', etc.)

Greek

Verb

to leave, i.e. (intransitively or passively) to fail or be absent; be destitute (wanting), lack; a primary verb