λελείμμεθον

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Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /le.lěːm.me.tʰon/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /leˈlim.me.tʰon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /leˈlim.me.θon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /leˈlim.me.θon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /leˈli.me.θon/

Verb

λελείμμεθον • (leleímmethon)

(poetic) first-person dual perfect mediopassive indicative of λείπω (leípō)
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 947–950:
  ἄκουε δή νυν ᾗ βεβούλευμαι ποεῖν. / παρουσίαν μὲν οἶσθα καὶ σύ που φίλων / ὡς οὔτις ἡμῖν ἔστιν, ἀλλ’ ᾍδης λαβὼν / ἀπεστέρηκε καὶ μόνα λελείμμεθον.
  ákoue dḗ nun hêi beboúleumai poeîn. / parousían mèn oîstha kaì sú pou phílōn / hōs oútis hēmîn éstin, all’ Hā́idēs labṑn / apestérēke kaì móna leleímmethon.
  Hear, then, what I have decided to do. / The presence—you too, know it very well—of any friends / that we have is no one, but Hades grabbing / deprived us and the two of us are left alone.
  
  Scene: Electra to her sister Chrysothemis: now, believing that their brother Orestes is dead, she has plans.

Usage notes

One of a small handful of first-person dual verb forms attested in the entire Ancient Greek corpus. The others are ὁρμώμεθον (hormṓmethon) and περιδώμεθον (peridṓmethon) (v.l. περιδώμεθα (peridṓmetha)).

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