ἐγκαταλείπω

egkataleipo

leave behind

Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Rhetoric 4
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Book I 1
Chapter 10 1368b1–1369b32

1368b19
Book II 2
Chapter 4 1380b35–1382a19

1381b27

Chapter 5 1382a20–1383b10

1382b7
Book III 1
Chapter 16 1416b16–1417b20

1417a5
Parts of Animals 3
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 647b10–649b8

649a27
Book III 2
Chapter 9 671a26–672b9

672a6
672a7
History of Animals 2
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Book V 1
Chapter 32 557b1–31

557b27
Book VIII 1
Chapter 17 600a27–601a22

601a8
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 2 1130a14–1131a9

1130a30
Meteorology 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 8 365b21–369a9

368a4

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐγκαταλείπω, A. 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, 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, Hdt. 3.119. 4. leave traces behind, Epicur. Nat.Herc. 1420. II. Pass., to be left behind in a race, Hdt. 8.59. 2. leave residual symptoms or sequelae, Hp. Epid. 6.2.6, 6.7.7.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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