λείπω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ-. Cognates include Sanskrit रिणक्ति (riṇakti), Latin linquō, Old Armenian լքանեմ (lkʿanem), Proto-Germanic *līhwaną (to lend), Old Church Slavonic отлѣкъ (otlěkŭ, remains), Lithuanian ãt-laikas (remains), likti (to stay).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

λείπω (leípō)

  1. I leave
  2. I leave alone, release
  3. (passive) I am left, remain, survive
  4. (intransitive) I leave, depart, disappear
  5. I desert, fail
  6. I lack, fall short, fail

Inflection

Not listed in these tables is an extremely rare first person dual form: λελείμμεθον (leleímmethon), in Sophocles, Electra 950. Only a small handful of first-person dual forms are attested in the entire Ancient Greek corpus.

Derived terms

  • ἄλειπτος (áleiptos)
  • λεῖμμα (leîmma)
  • λειπογνώμων (leipognṓmōn)
  • λειπτέον (leiptéon)
  • λείψανον (leípsanon)
  • λεῖψις (leîpsis)
  • λοιψάς (loipsás)
  • λοιψός (loipsós)

References


Greek

Verb

λείπω (leípo) (simple past έλειψα, passive -)

  1. absent, missing
  2. lack

Conjugation

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