Dictionary entry

G02641

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

καταλείπω

Infl. epic also καλλείπω

Infl. fut. καλλείψω

Infl. aor2 κάλλι^πον

Infl. ionic imperf. καταλείπεσκον

Etym. fut. mid. in pass. sense

Infl. fut. καταλειφθήσομαι

I. "to leave behind", Il.; esp. of persons dying or going into a far country, οἷόν μιν Τροίηνδε κιὼν κατέλειπεν Ὀδυσσεύς Od.; κ. τινὰ μόνον Soph., etc.; so in Mid., καταλείπεσθαι παῖδας "to leave behind one", Hdt., etc.: —Pass. καταλελειμμένος τοῦ ἄλλου στρατοῦ "being" part of the army "left behind", id=Hdt.

2. "to leave as an heritage", Od., attic; καταλείψει οὐδὲ ταφῆναι "will leave" not enough to be buried with, Ar.

3. in Mid., simply, "to leave" in a certain state, Hdt.

II. "to forsake, abandon, leave in the lurch", Hom., attic

III. "to leave remaining", ὀκτὼ μόνον Xen.: Mid. "to reserve for oneself", id=Xen.:—Pass., καταλείπεται μάχη "yet remains to be fought" id=Xen.

2. "to leave alone", id=Xen.