A.leave out, pass over, “πολλὰ δ᾽ ἐκλείπω λέγων” A.Pers.513; “ἐ. ὄχλον λόγων” Id.Pr. 827, cf. D.25.47; ἐ. Ἄνδρον leave out, pass over Andros, Hdt.4.33; “ἐ. ὁτιοῦν τῆς παρασκευῆς” Th.7.48 ; “τὴν στρατιάν” X.HG5.2.22 ; “εἴ τι ἐξέλιπον, σὸν ἔργον ἀναπληρῶσαι” Pl.Smp.188e :—Pass., ὄνειδος οὐκ ἐκλείπεται fails not to appear, A.Eu.97.
2. forsake, desert, abandon, τὰς πατρίδας, τὴν ξυμμαχίην, etc., Hdt.1.169,6.13, etc.; “θήρας μόχθον” E.Hipp.52; “τὸ ξυνώμοτον” Th.2.74; “τὸν ὅρκον” E.IT750; abandon, quit, “τὴν τάξιν” Hdt.8.24, al.; “τὴν χώρην” Id.4.105,118,al.; “τὸν πλοῦν” S.Ph. 911, cf. 58; give up, “τὴν τυραννίδα” Hdt.6.123; “τὰ ὑπάρχοντα” Th.1.144; “θρήνους” E.Ph.1635; v. infr. 11.2.
3. freq.in elliptic phrases, ἐκλείπειν τὴν πόλιν εἰς τὰ ἄκρα abandon the city and go to the heights, Hdt.6.100, cf.8.50, X.An.7.4.2; “ἐξέλειπον οἴκους πρὸς ἄλλον εὐνάτορα” E.Andr.1040 (lyr.).
4. εἴ τις ἐξέλιπε τὸν ἀριθμόν (of the Persian immortals) if any one left the number incomplete, Hdt.7.83.
II. intr., of the Sun or Moon, suffer eclipse, Th.2.28 ; in full, “ὁ ἥλιος ἐκλιπὼν τὴν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἕδρην” Hdt.7.37; “ἐ. τὰς ὁδούς” Ar.Nu. 584.
2. die, οἱ ἐκλιπόντες the deceased, Pl.Lg.856e; “τῶν ἄλλων ἐκλελοιπότων” Is.11.10, etc.; of trees, BGU1120.33 (i B.C.); more freq. in full, “ἐ. βίον” S.El.1131; ὑφ᾽ ὧν ἥκιστα ἐχρῆν τὸν βίον ἐκλιπών (=ἀποθανών) Antipho 1.21; so “ἐ. φάος” E.Ion 1186, etc.
3. faint, Hp.Prorrh.1.71.
4. generally, leave off, cease, τῇ μοι [ὁ λόγος] “ἐξέλιπε” Hdt.7.239; “ἐ. πυρετός” Hp.Aph.4.56, cf. Th.3.87; ἐκλέλοιπεν εὐφρόνη, i.e. it is day, S.El.19; ὥστε μὴ 'κλιπεῖν κλέος ib.985, cf. 1149; [αἱ ἐργασίαι] “ἐκλελοίπασιν” Isoc.8.20: c. part., leave off doing, Pl.Mx.234b, cf. 249b: c. gen., “θεραπείας” Plu.Marc.17.
5. fail, be wanting, “ῥώμη γὰρ ἐκλέλοιπεν ἣν πρὶν εἴχομεν” E.HF230, cf. Pl.R.485d; “τῶν ἐπιτηδείων ἐκλειπόντων” D.S.16.75; “ἡ φωνὴ ἐξέλιπε” Luc.Nigr.35; περὶ ὧν ἐ. [ὁ νόμος] Arist.Pol.1286a37: Gramm., of words in a sentence, A.D.Synt.11.17; of grammatical forms, ib. 168.21.
6. remain, be left, LXX 4 Ki.7.13.
7. depart, A.Pers. 128 (lyr.), Th.219.