ἀπο-λείπω,
aorist ἀπέλῐπον (ἀπέλειψα late, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]:—
A)
leave over or
behind, οὐδ᾽ ἀπέλειπεν ἔγκατα[
Refs 8th c.BC+];
bequeath, Test. Epict.[
Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἀ. κληρονόμον
leave as one's heir, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+];
bequeath to posterity, of writings, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
A.2)
leave hold of, lose, ψυχάν[
Refs 5th c.BC+].
leave behind in the race,
distance: generally,
surpass, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—more frequently in
middle and
passive, see below 4.
leave undisputed: hence,
admit, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
middle in [
Refs].
leave, allow, ὑπερβολὴν οὐδὲ ταῖς ἑταίραις[
Refs 4th c.AD+]
A.II)
desert, abandon, one's post, etc, οὐδ᾽ ἀπολείπουσιν κοῖλον δόμον, of bees, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀ. (i.e. τὴν πολιορκίην) [
Refs]; τὴν ξυμμαχίαν, τὴν ξυνωμοσίαν, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons, καί σ᾽ ἀπολείψω σου λειπόμενος[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξεῖνον πατρώϊον ἀ.
leave him
in the lurch, [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; of a wife,
desert her husband, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] (not of the husband, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of sailors,
desert, τὴν ναῦν[
Refs 4th c.BC+]
infinitive, ἀ. τούτους κακῶς γηράσκειν
leave them to grow old, [
Refs 5th c.BC+].
leave undone or
unsaid, ὅσα ἀπέλιπε κτείνων τε καὶ διώκων. σφέα ἀπετέλεσε[
Refs 5th c.BC+];
omit, συχνὰ ἀπολείπω [
Refs]
A.III)
leave open, leave a space, ἀ. μεταίχμιον οὐ μέγα[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μικρὸν ἀ.
leaving a small
interval, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
A.IV)
intransitive,
cease, fail, τάων οὔποτε καρπὸς ἀπόλλυται οὐδ᾽ ἀπολείπει[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to γίνεται, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of rivers,
fall, sink, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of swallows, δι᾽ ἔτεος ἐόντες οὐκ ἀπολείπουσι[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of youth,
begin to decay, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
fail, flag, lose heart, [
Refs]; of the moon,
wane, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
A.IV.2) with
genitive,
to be wanting of or
in a thing, προθυμίας οὐδὲν ἀ.[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ τεσσέρων πηχέων ἀ. τρεῖς δακτύλους
wanting three fingers
of four cubits, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
infinitive, ὀλίγον ἀπέλιπον ἐς Ἀθήνας ἀπικέσθαι
wanted but little of coming, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
A.IV.3) with
participle,
leave off doing, ἀ. λέγων[
Refs 5th c.BC+] from the point at which, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
A.IV.4)
depart from, ἐκ τῶν Συρακουσῶν[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
B)
middle (
aorist ἀπελιπόμην in [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
active [
Refs],
bequeath to posterity, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare ἀπολείψεται· ἐάσεται, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
C)
passive,
to be left behind, stay behind, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
to be unable to follow an argument,
be at a loss, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
C.2)
to be distanced by, inferior to, ἀ. [ἀπὸ] τῶν ἄλλων θηρίων[
Refs];
to be inferior, ἔν τισι[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
C.II)
to be absent or
distant from, with
genitive, πολὺ τῆς ἀληθηΐης ἀπολελειμμένοι[
Refs 5th c.BC+];
to be deprived of, τοῦ σοῦ. μὴ ἀπολείπεσθαι τάφου[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
C.II.2)
to be wanting in, fall short of, ὅτι τοῦ σκώπτειν ἀπελείφθη[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς ἀπολειφθεῖσι (i.e. τῆς παιδείας[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπολειφθεὶς ἠμῶν
without our
cognizance, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
to be left in ignorance of, [
Refs]; καιροῦ ἀ.
miss the opportunity, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; θεάματος, ἑορτῆς ἀ, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
C.II.3)
remain to be done, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]