διαλείπω

διαλείπω — dialeípō

διαλείπω: (2 aorist διέλιπον); to interpose a delay, to intermit, leave off for a time something already begun: οὐ διέλιπε (T WH mrg, διελειπεν) καταφιλοῦσά (on the participle cf. Winers Grammar, § 45, 4 a.; (Buttmann, 300 (257))), she has not ceased kissing, has continually kissed, Luk 7:45. (Isa 5:14; Jer 17:8; often in Greek writings from Herodotus down.)