make less
ἐλασσ-όω, Att.
ἐλασσ-ττόω:aor.
A.
ἠλάττωσα
Lys. 13.9
, Plb. 16.21.5 :pf.
ἠλλάττωκα
D.H. Comp. 6
, etc.:— Pass. ,fut.
-ωθήσομαι
Th. 5.34
, D. 21.66 :fut.
Med. in same sense, Hdt. 6.11 , Th. 5.104 :aor. ἠλασσώθην, -ττώθην, Id. 1.77 , D. 10.33 :pf.
ἠλάττωμαι
Apollod.Com. 7.3
, Plb. 18.4.3 :—make lessorsmaller, diminish, reduce in amount,
PTeb. 19.11
(ii B.C.), PLips. 105.28
(i A.D.):— Pass. , POxy. 918xi3
(ii A.D.).
2. in early writers,lower, degrade, τὴν πόλιν
Lys. 13.9
, Isoc. 8.17 ; ἠλάττωσας αὐτὸν βραχύ τι παρ' ἀγγέλους
LXX Ps. 8.6
;cut down, shorten, συναλοιφαῖς τὰ ῥήματα
D.H. Comp. 6
: c. gen.,detract from, μὴ προστιθέναι τιμήν, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἐλασσοῦν τῆς ὑπαρχούσης
Th. 3.42
:— Med. ,reduce the power of, τινάς
Plb. 22.15.1
.
II.
Pass. ,
1. abs.,to be lessened, suffer loss, be depreciated, of things, Th. 2.62 ; of persons, Id. 4.59 ,al., OGI 139.10
(ii B.C.), PTeb. 382.13
(i B.C.), Phld. Lib. p.32 O., al., Ev.Jo. 3.30 , etc.; μέγα τοῦθ' οἱ πατέρες ἠλαττώμεθα
Apollod.Com. 7.3
; also,take less than one's due, waive one's rightsorprivileges, Th. 1.77 , D. 56.14 ; but,fall short of one's professions, act dishonestly, Isoc. 1.49 .
2. c. dat. rei,have the worst of it, Hdt. 6.11 , Th. 5.104 , etc.; τῷ πολέμῳ
Id. 1.115
;to be inferior, τῇ ἐμπειρίᾳ
Id. 5.72
; πολλαῖς ναυσί
X. HG 1.5.15
;πᾶσι τούτοιςib. 6.2.28 ;ἠλαττωμένος τοῖς ὄμμασι, of a one-eyed man, Plb. 18.4.3 ; πρός τινα
POxy. 215ii18
: c. gen.,fall short of, τῶν ἀρχετύπων
Ph. 1.606
.
3. c. gen. pers.,to be at a disadvantage witha person, πολλὰ μὲν οὖν ἔγωγ' ἐλαττοῦμαι κατὰ τουτονὶ τὸν ἀγῶν' Αἰσχίνου
D. 18.3
; ἐλαττοῦσθαί τινός τινι
Pl. Alc. 1.121b
; μηδὲν τῶν δημιουργῶν
Id. Grg. 459c
.
4. c. gen. rei,suffer loss in respect of,κεφαλαίου, τόκων, BGU 155.10
(ii A.D.);to be in want of, LXX 1 Ki. 21.15(16) : also c. dat., ib. 2 Ki. 3.29 .
