- ἐλλιπής
- ἐλλῐπής, ές, ([etym.] ἐλλείπω) [voice] Act.,A leaving out, omitting,
τινός Pl.Lg. 924b
.II [voice] Pass., wanting, defective,μνήμης Th.7.8
; ἐ. κάλλους, ἀκριβείας, Pl.Lg.669a, R.504b, etc.: c. dat.,προθυμίᾳ ἐλλιπεῖς Th.6.69
;δεῖπνον . . μηδενὶ ἐλλιπές Euang.1.3
;ἐν τοῖς πεζικοῖς τῷ καθοπλισμῷ Plb.18.22.5
.2 abs., failing, ἐ. καὶ μὴ δυνατὸς ἐπιμελεῖσθαι negligent, Pl.Lg.901c; τὸ μὴ ἐπιχειρούμενον ἀεὶ ἐλλιπὲς ἦν τῆς δοκήσεως whatever was not attempted was so much lost of their reckoning, Th.4.55, cf. 5.1; τὸ ἐ. τῆς γνώμης ὧν . . ᾠήθημεν πράξειν the failure of judgement in respect of . ., Id.4.63; τὸ ἐ. defect, Arist. Rh.1371b4; τὸ τῆς νομοθεσίας ἐ. Plb.6.49.6: [comp] Comp. -έστερος ib.11.3. Adv. [suff] ἐλλῐμεν-πῶς inadequately, deficiently,λέγειν Isoc.Fr.3
.β.5;πρός τι ἔχειν Aret.CD1.2
;ἔχειν τινός Cod.Just.1.1.7.11
;γεγραμμένα Gal. Libr.Propr.2
; opp. περιττῶς, Philostr.VS1.11: [comp] Comp.-έστερον OGI 56.13
(iii B.C.);ἐ. τῆς ἀληθείας εἰρηκέναι Plb.5.32.2
.III of a number, not equal to the sum of its factors, opp. ὑπερτελής, Theo Sm. p.46H. Adv.-πῶς Iamb.in Nic.p.53P.
IV Gramm., elliptical,φωνή S.E.P.1.188
, cf.Sch.S.OT324, etc. Adv. -πῶς Sch.A.R.1.252.
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