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ἀποδεής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀποδεής ἀποδεές

Structure: ἀποδεη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: de/w

Sense

  1. wanting much, not fully manned

Examples

  • ὑπεκρεῖν ἐῶντεσ, ἔργῳ ποιοῦσιν ἑαυτοὺσ καθ’ ἡμέραν ἀποδεεῖσ καὶ κενοὺσ καὶ τῆσ αὔριον ἐκκρεμαμένουσ, ὡσ τῶν πέρυσι καὶ πρῴην καὶ χθὲσ οὐ πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ ὄντων οὐδ’ ὅλωσ αὐτοῖσ γενομένων. (Plutarch, De tranquilitate animi, section 14 9:1)
  • οὕτω δὲ ἄρα προσθήκη τῆσ γυναικὸσ ἦν ὥστε τῷ πεζῷ πολὺ διαφέρων ἐβούλετο τοῦ ναυτικοῦ τὸ κράτοσ εἶναι διὰ Κλεοπάτραν, καὶ ταῦτα πληρωμάτων ἀπορίᾳ συναρπαζομένουσ ὁρῶν ὑπὸ τῶν τριηραρχῶν ἐκ τῆσ πολλὰ δὴ τλάσησ Ἑλλάδοσ ὁδοιπόρουσ, ὀνηλάτασ, θεριστάσ, ἐφήβουσ, καὶ οὐδὲ οὕτω πληρουμένασ τὰσ ναῦσ, ἀλλὰ τὰσ πλείστασ ἀποδεεῖσ καὶ μοχθηρῶσ πλεούσασ. (Plutarch, Antony, chapter 62 1:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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