ἀπολείπω

ἀπο-λείπω, [tense] aor. ἀπέλῐπον (ἀπέλειψα late, Them.Or.25.310d, Ps.-Phoc.77):—

A leave over or behind,

οὐδ' ἀπέλειπεν ἔγκατα Od.9.292

, cf. Heraclit.56, etc.;

κλέος καὶ φήμην Critias 44

D.; bequeath, Test. Epict.2.3, cf. Mosch.3.97; ἀ. κληρονόμον leave as one's heir, POxy. 105.3 (ii A.D.); bequeath to posterity, of writings, D.L.8.58, cf. 7.54.

2 leave hold of, lose,

ψυχάν Pi.P.3.101

(tm.);

βίον S.Ph.

(lyr., tm.);

νέαν ἁμέραν ἀπολιπὼν θάνοι E.Ion720

(lyr.): conversely,

ἐμὲ μὲν ἀπολέλοιπεν ἤδη βίοτος S.El.185

(lyr.). 3. leave behind in the race, distance: generally, surpass, X.Cyr.8.3.25, Lys.2.4;

τινὰ περί τι Isoc.4.50

:—more freq. in [voice] Med. and [voice] Pass., v. infr. 4. leave undisputed: hence, admit, Chrysipp.Stoic.3.173, Phld.Piet.17, S.E.M.7.55, D.L.7.54;

αἰτίαν νόσων ἀ. τὸ αἷμα MenoIatr.11.43

; [

ὁ Διοκλῆς] τὴν φρόνησιν περὶ τὴν καρδίαν ἀ. Herod.

[voice] Med. in Rh.Mus.49.540.5. leave, allow,

ὑπερβολὴν οὐδὲ ταῖς ἑταίραις Jul.Or.7.210d

.

II desert, abandon, one's post, etc., οὐδ' ἀπολείπουσιν κοῖλον δόμον, of bees, Il.12.169, cf. Hdt.8.41, al.; ἀ. (sc. τὴν πολιορκίην) Id.7.170; τὴν ξυμμαχίαν, τὴν ξυνωμοσίαν, Th.3.9,64; of persons,

καί σ' ἀπολείψω σου λειπόμενος E.El.1310

; ξεῖνον πατρώϊον ἀ. leave him in the lurch, Thgn.521;

ἀπολιπὼν οἴχεται Hdt.3.48

, cf. 5.103, Ar.Ra. 83; of a wife, desert her husband, And.4.14, D.30.4 (not of the husband, Luc.Sol.9); of sailors, desert,

τὴν ναῦν D.50.14.2

. c. inf., ἀ. τούτους κακῶς γηράσκειν leave them to grow old, X.Oec. 1.22.3. leave undone or unsaid,

ὅσα ἀπέλιπε κτείνων τε καὶ διώκων . . σφέα ἀπετέλεσε Hdt.5.92

.

ή; ὕβρεως οὐδ' ὁτιοῦν ἀ. D.54.4

, cf. Pl.R.420a; omit, συχνὰ ἀπολείπω ib.509c.

III leave open, leave a space,

ἀ. μεταίχμιον οὐ μέγα Hdt.6.77

;

ἀ. ὡς πλέθρον X.An. 6.5.11

; μικρὸν ἀ. leaving a small interval, Hero Aut.27.1.

IV intr., cease, fail,

τάων οὔποτε καρπὸς ἀπόλλυται οὐδ' ἀπολείπει Od.7.117

; opp. γίνεται, Diog.Apoll.7; of rivers, fall, sink, Hdt.2.14,93;

ἀ. τὸ ῥέεθρον Id.2.19

;

τῆς θαλάττης τὰ μὲν ἀπολειπούσης, τὰ δ' ἐπιούσης Arist.Mete.353a22

; of swallows,

δι' ἔτεος ἐόντες οὐκ ἀπολείπουσι Hdt.2.22

; of youth, begin to decay, X.Smp.8.14; fail, flag, lose heart, Id.Cyr.4.2.3; of the moon, wane, Arist.APo.0.98a33.

2 c. gen., to be wanting of or in a thing,

προθυμίας οὐδὲν ἀ. Th.8.22

, cf. Pl.R. 533a: freq. of numbers,

μηδὲν ἀ. τῶν πέντε κτλ. Id.Lg.828b

;

τῶν εἴκοσιν ὀλίγον ἀ. Arist.HA573b16

, etc.; ἀπὸ τεσσέρων πηχέων ἀ. τρεῖς δακτύλους wanting three fingers of four cubits, Hdt.1.60, cf. 7.117;

μήτ' ἄρ' ὑπερβάλλων βοὸς ὁπλὴν μήτ' ἀπολείπων Hes.Op.489

: c. inf., ὀλίγον ἀπέλιπον ἐς Ἀθήνας ἀπικέσθαι wanted but little of coming, Hdt.7.9.

ά; βραχὺ ἀ. διακόσιαι γενέσθαι Th.7.70

;

οὐδὲν δ' ἀπολείπετε οὕτω πολεμεῖν D.4.40

;

ἡ πόλις μικρὸν ἀπέλιπεν ἔρημος εἶναι Plu. Tim.

I.

3 c. part., leave off doing,

ἀ. λέγων X.Oec.6.1

: abs., ὅθεν ἀπέλιπες from the point at which . ., Pl.Grg.497c, cf. Phd.78b, Is.5.12.

4 depart from,

ἐκ τῶν Συρακουσῶν Th.5.4

;

ἐκ τοῦ Μηδικοῦ πολέμου Id.3.10

, cf. Pl.Phd.112c.

B [voice] Med. ([tense] aor. ἀπελιπόμην in A.R.1.399 (tm.)), like [voice] Act.1.1, bequeath to posterity, Hdt.2.134 codd.; cf. ἀπολείψεται· ἐάσεται, Hsch.

C [voice] Pass., to be left behind, stay behind, Th.7.75 (v. l. for ὑπο-) X. Cyr.1.4.20;

μόνος ἀπολελειμμένος Antipho 1.3

; to be unable to follow an argument, be at a loss, Pl.Tht.192d.

2 to be distanced by, inferior to,

ἀ. [ἀπὸ] τῶν ἄλλων θηρίων Diocl.Fr.145

; to be inferior,

ἔν τισι Isoc.12.61

.

II to be absent or distant from, c. gen.,

πολὺ τῆς ἀληθηΐης ἀπολελειμμένοι Hdt.2.106

, cf. Pl.R.475d;

ἥβας E.HF 440

(lyr.): c. gen. pers., X.Mem.4.2.40, Pl.Smp.192d: abs., E.Or. 80, Pl.Phdr.240c; to be deprived of,

τοῦ σοῦ . . μὴ ἀπολείπεσθαι τάφου S.El.1169

;

πατρῴας μὴ ἀ. χθονός E.Med.35

;

τῶν πρὶν ἀπολειφθεὶς φρενῶν Id.Or.216

.

2 to be wanting in, fall short of,

ὅτι τοῦ σκώπτειν ἀπελείφθη Ar.Eq.525

; τοῖς ἀπολειφθεῖσι (sc.

τῆς παιδείας D.18.128

, cf. Isoc.12.209; ἀπολειφθεὶς ἠμῶν without our cognizance, D.19.36;

ἀπολειφθῆναι τῶν πραγμάτων

to be left in ignorance of . .,

Id.27.2

; καιροῦ ἀ. miss the opportunity, Id.34.38, cf. Isoc.3.19; θεάματος, ἑορτῆς ἀ., Luc.DMar.15.1, Sacr.1;

εἰσβολῆς Isoc.14.31

.

3 remain to be done, Plb.3.39.12: impers., ἀπολείπεται λέγειν, διδάσκειν, D.L.7.85, S.E.M.7.1.