δέω
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
δέω
Structure:
δέϝ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Etym.: The aeolic form
deu/w (v.
deu/w2) shows that the root of this word was
DEV.
Sense
- to lack, miss, stand in need of, I want, am, from, I am, from, lacking, save
- to be in want or need, to stand in need of, I have, need
- to ask for, from, having begged a favour, to beg, to do
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- συμβουλεύων τε τῇ πόλει κράτιστα τε καὶ πράττων ὅτου δέοιντο Λακεδαιμόνιοι, ἐφθονήθη ὑπὸ τῶν ἀντιπολιτευομένων, οἳ τοὺσ ἐφόρουσ ψευδέσι λόγοισ παραγαγόντεσ, ὡσ τοῦ Ἀλκίππου βουλομένου τοὺσ νόμουσ καταλῦσαι, φυγῇ περιέβαλον τὸν ἄνδρα. (Plutarch, Amatoriae narrationes, chapter 5 2:2)
- "Κίμων ὁ Ἀθηναῖοσ ἐν τοῖσ ἀγροῖσ καὶ τοῖσ κήποισ οὐδένα τοῦ καρποῦ καθίστα φύλακα, ὅπωσ οἱ βουλόμενοι τῶν πολιτῶν εἰσιόντεσ ὀπωρίζωνται καὶ λαμβάνωσιν εἴ τινοσ δέοιντο τῶν ἐν τοῖσ χωρίοισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 44 1:3)
- τοῖσ τῶν πλησίον δ’ οἰκέταισ ὡσ ἰδίοισ χρῆσθαι ἔθοσ ἦν, εἴ που δέοιντο, καὶ κυσὶ καὶ ἵπποισ, εἰ μὴ οἱ δεσπόται χρῄζοιεν καὶ ἐν ἀγρῷ δὲ εἴ τίσ τινοσ ἐλλιπὴσ γενόμενοσ δεηθείη, ἀνοίξασ καὶ βαστάσασ τὰ ἐπιτήδεια τοῦ ἔχοντοσ, τὰ σημεῖα σημηνάμενοσ κατέλειπεν. (Plutarch, Instituta Laconica, section 231)
- ἔθοσ ἦν, εἴ που δέοιντο, καὶ κυσὶ καὶ ἵπποισ, εἰ μὴ οἱ δεσπόται χρῄζοιεν· (Plutarch, Instituta Laconica, section 23 1:1)
- κινοῦντεσ τοῦτο δὲ νόμουσ εἰσῆγον οἱ δήμαρχοι πρὸσ τὴν αὐτὴν ὑπόθεσιν, δεκαδαρχίαν καθιστάντεσ αὐτοκρατόρων ἀνδρῶν, οἷσ ἐφεῖτο πάσησ μὲν Ἰταλίασ, πάσησ δὲ Συρίασ, καὶ ὅσα διὰ Πομπηϊού νεωστὶ προσώριστο κυρίουσ ὄντασ πωλεῖν τὰ δημόσια, κρίνειν οὓσ δοκοίη, φυγάδασ ἐκβάλλειν, συνοικίζειν πόλεισ, χρήματα λαμβάνειν ἐκ τοῦ ταμιείου, στρατιώτασ τρέφειν καὶ καταλέγειν ὁπόσων δέοιντο. (Plutarch, Cicero, chapter 12 2:1)
Synonyms
-
to lack
- καταδέω (to want, lack, need)
- ἐπιδεύομαι (to be in want of, to lack, to need the help of)
- ἐνδέω (to be wanting or lacking, there is need or want)
-
to be in want or need
- δεύω (to feel the want or loss of, be without, to stand in need of)
- καταδέω (to want, lack, need)
- δεύω (to be wanting, deficient in, in need)
- πένομαι (to be poor in, have need of)
- προσδέω (to be in want of, stand in need of, require besides)
-
to ask for
- παραιτέομαι (to beg from, ask as a favour of)
- αἰτίζω (to ask, beg)
- αἰτέω (to ask, beg)
- παρίημι (to beg to be let off, I ask, quarter)
- προσδέω (to beg or ask of, to intreat, to)
- μεταιτέω (to beg of, ask alms of)
- πτωχεύω (to beg or ask an alms of)
- ἐξαιτέω (to demand or ask for from, to ask, in marriage)
Derived
- ἀποδέω (to be in want of, lack, lacking)
- ἐνδέω (to be in want of, do we lack, to be wanting or lacking)
- ἐπιδέω (to want or lack of, lacking, to be in want of)
- καταδέω (to want, lack, need)
