I.to leave out, omit, pass over, Hdt., Aesch., etc.:—Pass., ὄνειδος οὐκ ἐκλείπεται fails not to appear, Aesch.
2.to forsake, desert, abandon, Hdt., Aesch., etc.
3.in elliptic phrases, ἐκλείπειν τὴν πόλιν εἰς τὰ ἄκρα to abandon the city and go to the heights, Hdt.; εἴ τις ἐξέλιπε τὸν ἀριθμόν (of the Persian immortals) if any one left the number incomplete, id=Hdt.
II.intr., of the sun or moon, to suffer an eclipse, Thuc.;—in full, ὁ ἥλιος ἐκλιπὼν τὴν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἕδρην Hdt.; cf. ἔκλειψις.
2.to die, οἱ ἐκλελοιπότες the deceased, Plat.; in full, ἐκλ. βίον Soph.
3.generally, to leave off, cease, stop, Hdt., etc.
4.to fail, be wanting, Eur.
