ἐλλείπω
ἐλλείπω
f. ψω
ἐν
to leave in, leave behind, Eur.
to leave out, leave undone, Lat. omitto, Soph., etc.
intr. to fall short, fail, Hhymn., Soph.; τὸ ἐλλεῖπον τῆς ἐπιστήμης deficiency of knowledge, Thuc.
c. gen. rei, like δέω, to be in want of, fall short of, lack, Aesch., Thuc.; πολλοῦ ἐλλείπω I am far from it, Aesch.
c. gen. pers. to be inferior to, Plat.
foll. by μή c. inf., τί γὰρ ἐλλ. μὴ παραπαίειν; in what does he fall short of madness? Aesch.
with a part., οὐκ ἐλλείπει εὐχαριστῶν he fails not to give thanks, ap. Dem.
of things, to be wanting or lacking to . . , c. dat., Xen.
Pass. to be left behind in a race, Soph.: to be surpassed, Xen.
to be left wanting, to fail, Xen.