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ἀπολείπω

I.to leave over or behind, of meats not wholly eaten, Od.:—Mid. to leave behind one, after death, Hdt.
2.to leave hold of, lose, βίον Soph.; also, βίοτος ἀπολείπει τινά id=Soph.
3.to leave behind, as in the race, to distance, and generally to surpass, Xen.; v. infr.
II.to leave quite, forsake, abandon, of places one ought to defend, Il., Hdt., etc.: to leave one in the lurch, Hdt., Ar.
2.of things, to leave alone, leave undone or unsaid, Hdt., attic
III.to leave open, leave a space, Hdt., Xen.
IV.intr. to fail, to be wanting, Od.; of rivers, to fall, sink, Hdt.; of flowers, to begin to wither, Xen.;—also, like ἀπειπεῖν, to fail, flag, lose heart, Hdt., Xen.
2.to be wanting of or in a thing, c. gen., Thuc.; of measures, ἀπὸ τεσσέρων πήχεων ἀπ. τρεῖς δακτύλους wanting 3 fingers of 4 cubits, Hdt.: c. inf., ὀλίγον ἀπέλιπον ἀπικέσθαι wanted but little of coming, id=Hdt.
3.c. part. to leave off doing, Plat.
4.to depart from, ἐκ τῶν Συρακουσῶν Thuc., Plat.
B.Pass. to be left behind, stay behind, Thuc., Xen.
2.to be distanced by, inferior to, τινος Dem.
II.to be parted from, be absent or far from, c. gen., Hdt.: to be deprived of, τάφου Soph.; φρενῶν Eur.
2.to be wanting in, fall short of, παιδείας Dem.; ἀπολειφθεὶς ἡμῶν without our cognisance, id=Dem.; ἀπ. φρενῶν to be bereft of, Eur.

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