A.“ἠλάττωσα” Lys.13.9, Plb.16.21.5: pf. “ἠλλάττωκα” D.H.Comp.6, etc.:—Pass., fut. “-ωθήσομαι” Th.5.34, D. 21.66: fut. Med. in same sense, Hdt.6.11, Th.5.104: aor. ἠλασσώθην, -ττώθην, Id.1.77, D.10.33: pf. “ἠλάττωμαι” Apollod.Com.7.3, Plb. 18.4.3:—make less or smaller, diminish, reduce in amount, PTeb.19.11 (ii B.C.), PLips.105.28 (i A.D.):—Pass., POxy.918xi3 (ii A.D.).
2. in early writers, lower, degrade, “τὴν πόλιν” Lys.13.9, Isoc.8.17; “ἠλάττωσας αὐτὸν βραχύ τι παρ᾽ ἀγγέλους” LXXPs.8.6; cut down, shorten, “συναλοιφαῖς τὰ ῥήματα” D.H.Comp.6: c. gen., detract from, “μὴ προστιθέναι τιμήν, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἐλασσοῦν τῆς ὑπαρχούσης” Th.3.42:—Med., reduce the power of, “τινάς” Plb.22.15.1.
II. Pass.,
1. abs., to be lessened, suffer loss, be depreciated, of things, Th.2.62; of persons, Id.4.59,al., OGI139.10(ii B.C.), PTeb.382.13(i B.C.), Phld.Lib.p.32 O., al., Ev.Jo.3.30, etc.; “μέγα τοῦθ᾽ οἱ πατέρες ἠλαττώμεθα” Apollod.Com. 7.3; also, take less than one's due, waive one's rights or privileges, Th. 1.77, D.56.14; but, fall short of one's professions, act dishonestly, Isoc.1.49.
2. c. dat. rei, have the worst of it, Hdt.6.11, Th.5.104, etc.; “τῷ πολέμῳ” Id.1.115; to be inferior, “τῇ ἐμπειρίᾳ” Id.5.72; “πολλαῖς ναυσί” X.HG1.5.15; πᾶσι τούτοις ib.6.2.28; ἠλαττωμένος τοῖς ὄμμασι, of a one-eyed man, Plb.18.4.3; “πρός τινα” POxy.215ii18: c. gen., fall short of, “τῶν ἀρχετύπων” Ph.1.606.
3. c. gen. pers., to be at a disadvantage with a person, “πολλὰ μὲν οὖν ἔγωγ᾽ ἐλαττοῦμαι κατὰ τουτονὶ τὸν ἀγῶν᾽ Αἰσχίνου” D.18.3; “ἐλαττοῦσθαί τινός τινι” Pl.Alc.1.121b; “μηδὲν τῶν δημιουργῶν” Id.Grg.459c.
4. c. gen. rei, suffer loss in respect of, κεφαλαίου, τόκων, BGU155.10 (ii A.D.); to be in want of, LXX 1 Ki.21.15(16): also c. dat., ib.2 Ki.3.29.
