ἐλασσ-όω,
Attic dialect ἐλαττόω: aorist ἠλάττωσα [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.9, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 16.21.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἠλλάττωκα [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 6, etc.] Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, future -ωθήσομαι[[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.34, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.66 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future middle in same sense, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.11, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.104: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἠλασσώθην, -ττώθην, [[ [prev. author] 1.77, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.33 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: perfect ἠλάττωμαι [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Comicus 7.3, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.4.3 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—make less or smaller, diminish, reduce in amount, [[ PTeb. 19.11 (2nd c.BC), “PLips.” 105.28 (1st c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—passive, [[ “POxy.” 918xi3 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 in early writers, lower, degrade, τὴν πόλιν [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.9, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.17; ἠλάττωσας αὐτὸν βραχύ τι παρ᾽ ἀγγέλους LXX.Psa.8.6 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; cut down, shorten, συναλοιφαῖς τὰ ῥήματα [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 6 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]: with genitive, detract from, μὴ προστιθέναι τιμήν, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἐλασσοῦν τῆς ὑπαρχούσης [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.42 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, reduce the power of, τινάς [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 22.15.1. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II passive,
__II.1 absolutely, to be lessened, suffer loss, be depreciated, of things, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.62 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons, [[ [prev. author] 4.59, +others, “OGI” 139.10(2nd c.BC), “PTeb.” 382.13 (1st c.BC), 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.32 O., +others, NT.John.3.30, etc.; μέγα τοῦθ᾽ οἱ πατέρες ἠλαττώμεθα 4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Comicus 7.3 ] NT+4th c.BC+]; also, take less than one's due, waive one's rights or privileges, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.77, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.14 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but, fall short of one's professions, act dishonestly, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.49. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]