Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐλλιπής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλλιπής ἐλλιπές

Structure: ἐλλιπη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)llei/pw

Sense

  1. wanting, lacking, defective, so much lost, defect, failure

Examples

  • ὧν εἶναι ψευδομένουσ λόγουσ καὶ ἀληθεύοντασ καὶ ἀποφάσκοντασ σωρίτασ τε καὶ τοὺσ ὁμοίουσ τούτοισ, ἐλλιπεῖσ καὶ ἀπόρουσ καὶ περαίνοντασ καὶ ἐγκεκαλυμμένουσ κερατίνασ τε καὶ οὔτιδασ καὶ θερίζοντασ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 44:1)
  • Αἰτωλοὶ γάρ, καθ’ ὅσον ἐν τοῖσ πεζικοῖσ ἐλλιπεῖσ εἰσι καὶ τῷ καθοπλισμῷ καὶ τῇ συντάξει πρὸσ τοὺσ ὁλοσχερεῖσ ἀγῶνασ, κατὰ τοσοῦτον τοῖσ ἱππικοῖσ διαφέρουσι πρὸσ τὸ βέλτιον τῶν ἄλλων Ἑλλήνων ἐν τοῖσ κατὰ μέροσ καὶ κατ’ ἰδίαν κινδύνοισ. (Polybius, Histories, book 18, chapter 22 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. wanting

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

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