ἐκλείπω
Infl. fut. ψω
I. "to leave out, omit, pass over", Hdt., Aesch., etc.:—Pass., ὄνειδος οὐκ ἐκλείπεται "fails" not "to appear", Aesch.
2. "to forsake, desert, abandon", Hdt., Aesch., etc.
3. in elliptic phrases, ἐκλείπειν τὴν πόλιν εἰς τὰ ἄκρα "to abandon" the city "and go" to the heights, Hdt.; εἴ τις ἐξέλιπε τὸν ἀριθμόν (of the Persian immortals) if any one "left" the number "incomplete", id=Hdt.
II. intr., of the sun or moon, "to suffer an eclipse", Thuc.;—in full, ὁ ἥλιος ἐκλιπὼν τὴν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἕδρην Hdt.; cf. ἔκλειψις.
2. "to die", οἱ ἐκλελοιπότες "the deceased", Plat.; in full, ἐκλ. βίον Soph.
3. generally, "to leave off, cease, stop", Hdt., etc.
4. "to fail, be wanting", Eur.