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ἔλλειμμα

elleimma · τό

defect, deficiency

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Where it lives

Second Olynthiac 1 · 4.89/10k
Against Androtion 1 · 1.83/10k
Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ἔλλειμμα · elleimma — LSJ

defect, deficiency, shortcomings, arrears

defect, deficiency, Hp. Praec. 9, Phld. D. 3.2 (pl.), etc.; τὰ καθʼ ὑμᾶς ἐλλείμματα shortcomings dependent on yourselves, D. 2.27; arrears, Id. 22.44; τοῦ γεγραμμένου νόμου ἔ. Arist. Rh. 1374a26; τὰ περὶ τὴν διάλεκτον ἐ. D.H. Dem. 20.

2 remnant

remnant, v.l. in LXX 2 Ki. 21.2.

In the wild

ἔλλειμμα · elleimma Aristotle, Rhetoric 1
ἔλλειμμα · elleimma Demosthenes, Against Androtion 44 (DIORISIS sentence 171)
ἐλλείμματα · elleimmata Demosthenes, Second Olynthiac 27 (DIORISIS sentence 72)
ἐλλείμματι · elleimmati Plotinus, Enneads 1.8 (DIORISIS sentence 519)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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