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ἐκλιπής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐκλιπής ἐκλιπές

Structure: ἐκλιπη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from e)klipei=n aor2 inf. of e)klei/pw

Sense

  1. failing, deficient
  2. omitted, overlooked

Examples

  • καὶ Ἀριστάνδρῳ ξυνέβη ἡ μαντεία ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ μηνί, ἐν ὅτῳ ἡ σελήνη ἐκλιπὴσ ἐφάνη, τήν τε μάχην Ἀλεξάνδρῳ καὶ τὴν νίκην γενέσθαι. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 3, chapter 15 7:2)

Synonyms

  1. omitted

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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