ἐλασσ-όω (elassoo)

Where it lives

Against Spudias 2 · 10.32/10k
Siracides 15 · 8.13/10k
Virtues and Vices 1 · 6.74/10k
Against Dionysodorus 2 · 6.13/10k
For the Liberty of the Rhodians 1 · 4.57/10k
Hebrews 2 · 3.98/10k
To Demonicus 1 · 3.46/10k
Against Olympiodorus 1 · 2.85/10k
Against Boeotus 2 1 · 2.58/10k
Funeral Oration 1 · 2.46/10k
Odae 1 · 2.46/10k
Against Leochares 1 · 2.43/10k

Densest 12 of 47 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐλασσ-όω · elass-oō — LSJ

make less, smaller, diminish, reduce in amount

make less or smaller, diminish, reduce in amount, PTeb. 19.11 (ii B.C.), PLips. 105.28 (i A.D.):—Pass., POxy. 918xi3 (ii A.D.).

2 lower, degrade, cut down, shorten, detract from, reduce the power of

in early writers, lower, degrade, τὴν πόλιν Lys. 13.9, Isoc. 8.17; ἠλάττωσας αὐτὸν βραχύ τι παρʼ ἀγγέλους LXX Ps. 8.6; cut down, shorten, συναλοιφαῖς τὰ ῥήματα D.H. Comp. 6: c. gen., detract from, μὴ προστιθέναι τιμήν, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἐλασσοῦν τῆς ὑπαρχούσης Th. 3.42:—Med., reduce the power of, τινάς Plb. 22.15.1.

II

Pass.,

1 to be lessened, suffer loss, be depreciated, take less than oneʼs due, waive oneʼs rights, privileges, fall short of oneʼs professions, act dishonestly

abs., to be lessened, suffer loss, be depreciated, of things, Th. 2.62; of persons, Id. 4.59, al., OGI 139.10 (ii B.C.), PTeb. 382.13 (i B.C.), Phld. Lib. p.32 O., al., Ev.Jo. 3.30, etc.; μέγα τοῦθʼ οἱ πατέρες ἠλαττώμεθα Apollod.Com. 7.3; also, take less than oneʼs due, waive oneʼs rights or privileges, Th. 1.77, D. 56.14; but, fall short of oneʼs professions, act dishonestly, Isoc. 1.49.

2 have the worst of it, to be inferior, fall short of

c. dat. rei, have the worst of it, Hdt. 6.11, Th. 5.104, etc.; τῷ πολέμῳ Id. 1.115; to be inferior, τῇ ἐμπειρίᾳ Id. 5.72; πολλαῖς ναυσί X. HG 1.5.15; πᾶσι τούτοις ib. 6.2.28; ἠλαττωμένος τοῖς ὄμμασι, of a one-eyed man, Plb. 18.4.3; πρός τινα POxy. 215ii18: c. gen., fall short of, τῶν ἀρχετύπων Ph. 1.606.

3 to be at a disadvantage with

c. gen. pers., to be at a disadvantage with a person, πολλὰ μὲν οὖν ἔγωγʼ ἐλαττοῦμαι κατὰ τουτονὶ τὸν ἀγῶνʼ Αἰσχίνου D. 18.3; ἐλαττοῦσθαί τινός τινι Pl. Alc. 1.121b; μηδὲν τῶν δημιουργῶν Id. Grg. 459c.

4 suffer loss in respect of, to be in want of

c. gen. rei, suffer loss in respect of, κεφαλαίου, τόκων, BGU 155.10 (ii A.D.); to be in want of, LXX 1 Ki. 21.15(16): also c. dat., ib. 2 Ki. 3.29.

In the wild

ἐλάσσως · elassōs Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1260 (DIORISIS sentence 972)
ἠλάττωσε · ēlattōse Aristotle, Ars Poetica 4
ἐλαττοῦσθαι · elattousthai Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 7
ʼἐλάττων · ʼelattōn Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1124b (DIORISIS sentence 1322)
ἐλαττουμένῳ · elattoumenōi Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1163b (DIORISIS sentence 3068)
ἐλαττουμένου · elattoumenou Aristotle, Politics 1319a (DIORISIS sentence 2343)

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