I.to go forth and leave, to leave behind, forsake, abandon, Hom., etc.; μῆτίς σε προλέλοιπε prudence hath forsaken thee, Od.; χώραν πρ. to abandon one's post, Thuc.
2.c. inf. to omit to do a thing, Theogn., Soph.
3.of things, to desert, fail one, Plat.