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ἐλλείπω

Non-contract Verb;

Transliteration:

Principal Part:

Structure: ἐλ (Prefix) + λείπ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: e)n

Sense

to leave in, leave behind
to leave out, leave undone
to fall short, fail, deficiency
to be in want of, fall short of, lack, I am far
to be inferior to
does he fall short
he fails
to be wanting or lacking to
to be left behind, to be surpassed
to be left wanting, to fail

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐλλείπω	ἐλλείπεις	ἐλλείπει
Dual		ἐλλείπετον	ἐλλείπετον
Plural	ἐλλείπομεν	ἐλλείπετε	ἐλλείπουσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	ἐλλείπω	ἐλλείπῃς	ἐλλείπῃ
Dual		ἐλλείπητον	ἐλλείπητον
Plural	ἐλλείπωμεν	ἐλλείπητε	ἐλλείπωσιν*
Optative	Singular	ἐλλείποιμι	ἐλλείποις	ἐλλείποι
Dual		ἐλλείποιτον	ἐλλειποίτην
Plural	ἐλλείποιμεν	ἐλλείποιτε	ἐλλείποιεν
Imperative	Singular		ἐλλείπε	ἐλλειπέτω
Dual		ἐλλείπετον	ἐλλειπέτων
Plural		ἐλλείπετε	ἐλλειπόντων, ἐλλειπέτωσαν
Infinitive	ἐλλείπειν
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
ἐλλειπων ἐλλειποντος	ἐλλειπουσα ἐλλειπουσης	ἐλλειπον ἐλλειποντος
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐλλείπομαι	ἐλλείπει, ἐλλείπῃ	ἐλλείπεται
Dual		ἐλλείπεσθον	ἐλλείπεσθον
Plural	ἐλλειπόμεθα	ἐλλείπεσθε	ἐλλείπονται
Subjunctive	Singular	ἐλλείπωμαι	ἐλλείπῃ	ἐλλείπηται
Dual		ἐλλείπησθον	ἐλλείπησθον
Plural	ἐλλειπώμεθα	ἐλλείπησθε	ἐλλείπωνται
Optative	Singular	ἐλλειποίμην	ἐλλείποιο	ἐλλείποιτο
Dual		ἐλλείποισθον	ἐλλειποίσθην
Plural	ἐλλειποίμεθα	ἐλλείποισθε	ἐλλείποιντο
Imperative	Singular		ἐλλείπου	ἐλλειπέσθω
Dual		ἐλλείπεσθον	ἐλλειπέσθων
Plural		ἐλλείπεσθε	ἐλλειπέσθων, ἐλλειπέσθωσαν
Infinitive	ἐλλείπεσθαι
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
ἐλλειπομενος ἐλλειπομενου	ἐλλειπομενη ἐλλειπομενης	ἐλλειπομενον ἐλλειπομενου

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

ἐλλειπόντων, ἐλλειπέτωσαν

Infinitive

ἐλλείπειν

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ἐλλειπων ἐλλειποντος

ἐλλειπουσα ἐλλειπουσης

ἐλλειπον ἐλλειποντος

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

ἐλλείπομαι

ἐλλείπει, ἐλλείπῃ

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

ἐλλειπέσθων, ἐλλειπέσθωσαν

Infinitive

ἐλλείπεσθαι

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ἐλλειπομενος ἐλλειπομενου

ἐλλειπομενη ἐλλειπομενης

ἐλλειπομενον ἐλλειπομενου

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐνέλειπον	ἐνέλειπες	ἐνέλειπεν*
Dual		ἐνελείπετον	ἐνελειπέτην
Plural	ἐνελείπομεν	ἐνελείπετε	ἐνέλειπον
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐνελειπόμην	ἐνελείπου	ἐνελείπετο
Dual		ἐνελείπεσθον	ἐνελειπέσθην
Plural	ἐνελειπόμεθα	ἐνελείπεσθε	ἐνελείποντο

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Examples

τοσοῦτον γὰρ ὡσ ἐοίκεν ἡ τῶν λόγων δύναμισ ἔλαττον ἔχει τῆσ ὄψεωσ, ὥστε τοῖσ μὲν ὁρατοῖσ οὐδεὶσ ἀπιστεῖν ἀξιοῖ, τοὺσ δὲ τούτων ἐπαίνουσ οὐδ’ ἂν ἐλλείπωσιν ἀληθεῖσ εἶναι νομίζουσιν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 40:2)
κατ’ ἀρετὴν καὶ τὸ εὖ μὴ ἔχον ὑπερβολὴν πρὸσ τὸ γένοσ, οἱο͂ν τέλειοσ ἰατρὸσ καὶ τέλειοσ αὐλητὴσ ὅταν κατὰ τὸ εἶδοσ τῆσ οἰκείασ ἀρετῆσ μηθὲν ἐλλείπωσιν οὕτω δὲ μεταφέροντεσ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν κακῶν λέγομεν συκοφάντην τέλειον καὶ κλέπτην τέλειον, ἐπειδὴ καὶ ἀγαθοὺσ λέγομεν αὐτούσ, οἱο͂ν κλέπτην ἀγαθὸν καὶ συκοφάντην ἀγαθόν· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 5 189:1)
τοὺσ δὲ ἄλλουσ παῖδασ, οἷσ ἂν πλείουσ ἑνὸσ γίγνωνται, θηλείασ τε ἐκδόσθαι κατὰ νόμον τὸν ἐπιταχθησόμενον, ἄρρενάσ τε, οἷσ ἂν τῆσ γενέσεωσ ἐλλείπῃ τῶν πολιτῶν, τούτοισ ὑεῖσ διανέμειν, κατὰ χάριν μὲν μάλιστα, ἐὰν δέ τισιν ἐλλείπωσιν χάριτεσ, ἢ πλείουσ ἐπίγονοι γίγνωνται θήλεισ ἤ τινεσ ἄρρενεσ ἑκάστων, ἢ καὶ τοὐναντίον ὅταν ἐλάττουσ ὦσιν, παίδων ἀφορίασ γενομένησ, πάντων τούτων ἀρχὴν ἣν ἂν θώμεθα μεγίστην καὶ τιμιωτάτην, αὕτη σκεψαμένη τί χρὴ χρῆσθαι τοῖσ περιγενομένοισ ἢ τοῖσ ἐλλείπουσι, ποριζέτω μηχανὴν ὅτι μάλιστα ὅπωσ αἱ πεντακισχίλιαι καὶ τετταράκοντα οἰκήσεισ ἀεὶ μόνον ἔσονται. (Plato, Laws, book 5 99:1)

Synonyms

to leave in
- καταλείπω (to leave behind)
- ὑπολιμπάνω (to leave behind)
- ἐγκαταλείπω (to leave behind)
- ἐπιλείπω (to leave behind)
- ἀπολείπω (to leave over or behind, to leave behind one)
- ὑπολείπω (to leave behind one, to leave, against oneself)
- ἀπολείπω (to leave behind, to distance, to surpass)
- παρακαταλείπω (to leave with)
- λείπω (I leave)
- ἀπαλλάσσω (to leave)
- ἀπολιμπάνω (to leave)
- ἀπολείπω (to leave off)
- ἐκφορέω (to carry quite out, leave none behind)
to leave out
- ἀπολείπω (to leave alone, leave undone or unsaid)
- παρακαταλείπω (to leave with)
- λείπω (I leave)
- ἀπολιμπάνω (to leave)
- ἀπολείπω (to leave off)
- ἀπαλλάσσω (to leave)
to fall short
- λείπω (I lack, fall short, fail)
to be in want of
- ἀποδέω (to be in want of, lack, lacking)
- λείπω (I lack, fall short, fail)
- ἐπιδεύομαι (to be lacking in, fall short of, fallest short)
- σπανίζω (to lack or be in want of, to be in want)
- ἐπιδέω (to want or lack of, lacking)
- ἐνδέω (to be in want of, do we lack)
to be inferior to
- ὑπολείπω (to be inferior to)
- δεύω (to be inferior to)
- ἀπαλλάσσω (inferior to)
- ἀπολείπω (to be distanced by, inferior to)
- ὑστερέω (to come short of, be inferior to)
he fails
- ὑπολείπω (to fail)
- ἐπιλείπω (to fail, failed)
- ἐκλείπω (I fail )
- ἐπιλείπω (to fail, be wanting)
- ὑστερέω (to fail, be wanting)
- ἀτευκτέω (to fail in gaining)
- διαμαρτάνω (to fail utterly)
- λείπω (I desert, fail)
- προλείπω (to desert, fail)
- ἁμαρτάνω ( to fail to do, neglect)
- προδίδωμι (to betray or fail, to fail)
- προαπεῖπον (to give in or fail before)
- ὑπολείπω (to fail, come to an end, fails)
to be wanting or lacking to
- σπανίζω (to lack or be in want of, to be in want)
- ἐνδέω (to be in want of, do we lack)
- ἐπιδέω (to want or lack of, lacking)
- καταδέω (to want, lack, need)
- χατίζω (to lack, be without, to fail)
- προσλείπω (to be lacking)
- ἐπιδεύομαι (to be in want of, to lack, to need the help of)
- στέρομαι (to be wanting in, to lack, want)
- ἐνδέω (to be wanting or lacking, there is need or want)
- ἀπολείπω (to be wanting of or in, wanting, of)
- ὑστερέω (to be in want)
- ἐπιδέω (to be in want of)
- ἀποδέω (to be in want of, lack, lacking)
to be left behind
- ἐγκαταλείπω (to be left behind)
- ἀπολείπω (to be left behind, stay behind)
- ἀπολείπω (to leave behind, to distance, to surpass)
- ὑπολείπω (to be left behind, to lag behind, to fall behind)
to be left wanting
- ἐπιλείπω (to fail, be wanting)
- ὑστερέω (to fail, be wanting)
- ἀπαυδάω (to be wanting towards, fail)
- ἐκλείπω (I fail, am wanting, am inferior)
- δεύω (to miss, want, he missed)
- ἀπορέω (to be left wanting, left unprovided for)
- χατίζω (to lack, be without, to fail)

Derived

ἀπολείπω (to leave over or behind, to leave behind one, to leave hold of)
διαλείπω (to leave an interval between, a gap had been left, having left an interval of)
ἐγκαταλείπω (to leave behind, to leave in the lurch, to leave out)
ἐκλείπω (I leave out, pass over, I forsake)
ἐπιλείπω (to leave behind, to leave untouched, to fail)
καταλείπω (to leave behind, to leave as an inheritance, to leave in a certain state)
λείπω (I leave, I leave alone, release)
παρακαταλείπω (to leave with)
παραλείπω (I pass over, pass by, I leave out)
περιλείπομαι (to be left remaining, remain over, survive)
προαπολείπω (to fail before, in comparison of)
προλείπω (to go forth and leave, to leave behind, forsake)
προσκαταλείπω (to leave besides as a legacy, to lose besides)
προσλείπω (to be lacking)
συγκαταλείπω (to leave together, to leave a joint)
ὑπολείπω (to leave remaining, to fail, to be left remaining)

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

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ἐλλείπω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to leave in

to leave out

to fall short

to be in want of

to be inferior to

he fails

to be wanting or lacking to

to be left behind

to be left wanting

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ἐλλείπω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to leave in

to leave out

to fall short

to be in want of

to be inferior to

he fails

to be wanting or lacking to

to be left behind

to be left wanting

Related

Derived

Similar forms

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