λελείμμεθον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /le.lěːm.me.tʰon/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lɛˈlim.mɛ.tʰon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /leˈlim.me.θon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /leˈlim.me.θon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /leˈlim.me.θon/

Verb

λελείμμεθον • (leleímmethon)

(poetic) first-person dual perfect mediopassive indicative of λείπω (leípō)
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 947–950
  ἄκουε δή νυν ᾗ βεβούλευμαι ποεῖν. // παρουσίαν μὲν οἶσθα καὶ σύ που φίλων // ὡς οὔτις ἡμῖν ἔστιν, ἀλλ᾽ Ἅιδης λαβὼν // ἀπεστέρηκε καὶ μόνα λελείμμεθον.
  ákoue dḗ nun hêi beboúleumai poeîn. // parousían mèn oîstha kaì sú pou phílōn // hōs oútis hēmîn éstin, all᾽ Háidēs labṑn // apestérēke kaì móna leleímmethon.

Usage notes

One of a small handful of first-person dual verb forms attested in the entire Ancient Greek corpus. The others are ὁρμώμεθον (hormṓmethon) and περιδώμεθον (peridṓmethon) (v.l. περιδώμεθα (peridṓmetha)).

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