ἀπόλειψις,εως,ἡ, (ἀπολείπω)
A. abandonment,
ἡ ἀ. τοῦ στρατοπέδου
Th. 7.75
;defection,
Id. 4.126 ;desertionof a husband by his wife (cf. ἀπολείπω
11.1
), D. 30.15 ;ἀπόλειψιν ἀπογράφεσθαι(v. ἀπογράφω
111.2
) ib. 17 (but also, = ἀπόπεμψις, ἀ. γράψασθαι
Plu. 2.100e );desertionby soldiers, seamen, etc., X. HG 4.1.28 , D. 50.11 .
II. intr.,deficiency,of rivers,failing,
Arist. Mete. 351a21 (pl.); of the moon,waning,
Id. GA 767a5 ; of the sun,departure to southern hemisphere,
Jul. Or. 4.137d .
2. death,