ἀπόλειψις
apoleipsis
abandonment
Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀπόλειψις, εως, ἡ, (ἀπολείπω) A. abandonment, ἡ ἀ. τοῦ στρατοπέδου 7.75; defection, 4.126; desertion of a husband by his wife (cf. ἀπολείπω II.1), 30.15; ἀπόλειψιν ἀπογράφεσθαι (v. ἀπογράφω III 2) ib.17 (but also, = ἀπόπεμψις, ἀ. γράψασθαι 2.100e); desertion by soldiers, seamen, etc., HG 4.1.28, 50.11. II. intr., deficiency, of rivers, failing, Mete. 351a21 (pl.); of the moon, waning, GA 767a5; of the sun, departure to southern hemisphere, Or. 4.137d. 2. death, δοιὴ δὲ θνητῶν γένεσις, δοιὴ δʼ ἀ. 17.3; ἀ. τοῦ ζην Epit. 24; ἐκ τοῦ ὄντος Sent. 20. III. in Law, default, 1.4.18.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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