διαλείπω,
aorist διέλῐπον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 496 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect -λέλοιπα[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— leave an interval between, τὸ ὀλίγιστον [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 226b28 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, διελέλειπτο a gap had been left, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.40, 41; διαλέλειπται μικρὰ χώρα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 503a34. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 intermit, τὴν ὀχείαν [[ [prev. author] “GA” 757b4: especially of Time, διαλιπὼν ἡμέρας τὰς συγκειμένας, ἐνιαυτόν,] Refs] having left an interval of.., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.157, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀκαρῆ διαλιπών having waited an instant, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 496; χρόνον ὀλίγον 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.8; πολὺν χρόνον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1299a37 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; later in genitive, μιᾶς ἡμέρας δ. [[ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 7.8.9 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; so οὐ πολὺ διαλιπών after a short time, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.10: _absolutely_, opposed to εὐθύς, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 198, compare 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 32. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II intransitive, stand at intervals, δ. δύο πλέθρα ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.38; πίτυες διαλείπουσαι μεγάλαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ δέρμα ταύτῃ δ. is discontinuous at this point, opposed to συνεχές ἐστι, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 518a3 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ -λεῖπον an interval or gap, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.8.13: _impersonal_, διαλείπει] Refs 5th c.BC+] there are intervals, of the heavens, opposed to πλήρη ἀστέρων εἶναι, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 346a36. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]