ἐκλείπ-ω,
leave out, pass over, πολλὰ δ᾽ ἐκλείπω λέγων [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 513; ἐ. ὄχλον λόγων [prev. author] “Pr.” 827, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.47 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐ. Ἄνδρον leave out, pass over Andros, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.33; ἐ. ὁτιοῦν τῆς παρασκευῆς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.48; τὴν στρατιάν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.22; εἴ τι ἐξέλιπον, σὸν ἔργον ἀναπληρῶσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 188e:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, ὄνειδος οὐκ ἐκλείπεται fails not to appear, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 97. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 forsake, desert, abandon, τὰς πατρίδας, τὴν ξυμμαχίην, etc., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.169, 6.13, etc.; θήρας μόχθον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 52; τὸ ξυνώμοτον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.74; τὸν ὅρκον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 750 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; abandon, quit, τὴν τάξιν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.24, +others; τὴν χώρην [prev. author] 4.105, 118, +others; τὸν πλοῦν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 911, compare 58 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; give up, τὴν τυραννίδα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.123; τὰ ὑπάρχοντα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.144; θρήνους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1635; see below 11.2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 frequently in elliptic phrases, ἐκλείπειν τὴν πόλιν εἰς τὰ ἄκρα abandon the city and go to the heights, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.100, compare 8.50, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.4.2; ἐξέλειπον οἴκους πρὸς ἄλλον εὐνάτορα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1040 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]