ἐπιλείπω,
leave behind, ἐπὶ δὲ πλεῖον ἐλέλειπτο [[8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.475, cf. X. “An.” 1.8.18 ] Refs 8th c.BC+] codices:—middle, leave behind, of gleanings, variant in [[ LXX.Obad.1.5 ] LXX]:— passive, c.genitive, fall short of, παντὸς ἀριθμοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 978b: with dative, τῇ δυνάμει, τῇ οὐσίᾳ[[, Arist. “Ath.” 20.2, 27.4. ] Refs]
__2. leave untouched, ὡς οὔτ᾽ ἂν τῶν ἐμῶν ἐπιλίποιμι οὐδὲν οὔτε τῶν φίλων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 310e: c.participle, μυρία ἐ. λέγων [[[prev. author] “Phlb.” 26b, compare 52d. ] Refs]
__II. of things, fail one, c.accusative person, ἥβην.., ἥ μ᾽ ἐπιλείπει [[6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1131; ὕδωρ [μιν] ἐπέλιπε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.21, compare 2.174 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; so τῶν ὄμβρων ἐπιλιπόντων αὐτούς (i.e. τοὺς ποταμούς) [[ [prev. author] 2.25; γλαῦκες ὑμᾶς οὔποτ᾽ ἐπιλείψουσι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1106 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπειδὰν αὐτοὺς ἐπιλίπωσιν ἐλπίδες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.103: c.infinitive, [ὁ νόμος] ἐμοὶ μόνῳ ἐπέλιπε μὴ ὠφελῆσαι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.17; ἐπιλίποι ἂν ἡμᾶς ὁ χρόνος time would fail me, [[ Isoc. 1.11, cf. Lys. 12.1, NT.Heb.11.32 ] NT]; τὸ ὕδωρ ἡμᾶς ἐ. [[ Isoc. 15.320 ] Refs]; ἐπιλείψει με λέγονθ᾽ ἡ ἡμέρα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.296: later, c.dative[[, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cic.” 42, Ael. “NA” 8.17. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.2. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, frequently of rivers, ἐ. τὸ ῥέεθρον] Refs 5th c.BC+] leave their stream unfilled, run dry, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.43, 58, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; without ῥέεθρον, fail, run dry,[[ [prev. work] 127; τὰς κρήνας καὶ τὰ φρέατ᾽ ἐπιλείπειν πέφυκεν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 14.30. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]