The corpus record

ἐγκατα-λείπω

egkataleipo

leave behind

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Where it lives

Malachias 5 · 36/10k
2 Timothy 2 · 16.68/10k
Bel et Draco (LXX) 1 · 11.9/10k
Paralipomenon II 19 · 9.65/10k
Jonas 1 · 9.51/10k
Esdras II 10 · 8.43/10k
Osee 3 · 7.96/10k
Odae 3 · 7.38/10k
Psalmi 22 · 6.43/10k
Jeremias 17 · 6.13/10k
Isaias 16 · 6.09/10k
Siracides 11 · 5.96/10k

Densest 12 of 51 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐγκατα-λείπω · enkata-leipō — LSJ

leave behind

leave behind, παῖδα Hes. Op. 378; ἐ. φρουρὰν ἐν τῇ νήσῳ Th. 3.51; πλεῖον ἐ. ἐξιόντες ἐκ τῆς ὠνῆς PRev.Laws 53.12; ἐ. τὸ κέντρον, of a bee, Pl. Phd. 91c: hence of Pericles, τὸ κέντρον ἐγκατέλιπε τοῖς ἀκροωμένοις Eup. 94.7; ἐ. τὴν μάχαιραν ἐν τῇ σφαγῇ Antipho 5.69.

2 leave in the lurch, abandon

leave in the lurch, Pl. Smp. 179a, Lycurg. 2, D. 57.58, Ev.Matt. 27.46, Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 4.22, etc.; abandon, νεκροὺς Th. 4.44; ἀκρόπολιν X. HG 5.4.13.

3 leave out, omit

leave out, omit, Hdt. 3.119.

4 leave traces behind

leave traces behind, Epicur. Nat.Herc. 1420.

II to be left behind

Pass., to be left behind in a race, Hdt. 8.59.

2 leave residual symptoms, sequelae

leave residual symptoms or sequelae, Hp. Epid. 6.2.6, 6.7.7.

In the wild

ἐγκατέλιπε · enkatelipe Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1130a (DIORISIS sentence 1574)
ἐγκαταλιμπάνουσι · enkatalimpanousi Aristotle, Rhetoric 1
ἐγκαταλιπεῖν · enkatalipein Aristotle, Rhetoric 2
ἐγκαταλείποντας · enkataleipontas Aristotle, Rhetoric 2
ἐγκαταλείπειν · enkataleipein Aristotle, Rhetoric 3
ἐγκαταλείψω · enkataleipsō Epictetus, Discourses 1.16 (DIORISIS sentence 815)

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