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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

  • τὸ δὲ μέγιστον, οὐ φθείρει πλῆρεσ ἀγγεῖον οὕτω ῥᾳδίωσ οἶνον ὡσ ἀποδεὲσ γενόμενον· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 7, 9:3)
  • πλείων γάρ ἐστι καὶ κρατεῖ μᾶλλον εἰσ ἀποδεὲσ κατερχόμενοσ τὸ ἀγγεῖον. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 7, 15:1)

Similar forms

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

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