Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  1. to lack, miss, stand in need of, I want, am, from, I am, from, lacking, save
  2. to be in want or need, to stand in need of, I have, need
  3. to ask for, from, having begged a favour, to beg, to do

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular δέω δεῖς δεῖ
Dual δεῖτον δεῖτον
Plural δέομεν δεῖτε δέουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular δέω δῇς δῇ
Dual δῆτον δῆτον
Plural δέωμεν δῆτε δέωσιν*
OptativeSingular δέοιμι δέοις δέοι
Dual δέοιτον δεοίτην
Plural δέοιμεν δέοιτε δέοιεν
ImperativeSingular δεῖ δείτω
Dual δεῖτον δείτων
Plural δεῖτε δεόντων, δείτωσαν
Infinitive δεῖν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
δεων δεοντος δεουσα δεουσης δεον δεοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular δέομαι δεῖ, δῇ δεῖται
Dual δεῖσθον δεῖσθον
Plural δεόμεθα δεῖσθε δέονται
SubjunctiveSingular δέωμαι δῇ δῆται
Dual δῆσθον δῆσθον
Plural δεώμεθα δῆσθε δέωνται
OptativeSingular δεοίμην δέοιο δέοιτο
Dual δέοισθον δεοίσθην
Plural δεοίμεθα δέοισθε δέοιντο
ImperativeSingular δέου δείσθω
Dual δεῖσθον δείσθων
Plural δεῖσθε δείσθων, δείσθωσαν
Infinitive δεῖσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
δεομενος δεομενου δεομενη δεομενης δεομενον δεομενου

Imperfect tense

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.

Examples

  • καὶ παραχρῆμά γε τὴν αὐτὴν σύνταξιν ἁπάντων, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι, ἵνα τῶν κοινῶν τὸ μέροσ λαμβάνων ἕκαστοσ, ὅτου δέοιτο ἡ πόλισ, τοῦτο παρέχοι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 135)
  • ἐκέλευσεν δὲ ἕκαστον, οὗ δέοιτο ἂν καὶ ὃ μάλιστα μαθεῖν ἐθέλοι, εἰσ βιβλίον ἐγγράψαντα καταρράψαι τε καὶ κατασημήνασθαι κηρῷ ἢ πηλῷ ἢ ἄλλῳ τοιούτῳ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 19:2)
  • ὥστε ἔγωγε πυθόμενοσ ὡσ ἐπὶ τοιαύτῃ θέᾳ σχολάζοισ, οὐκ ᾐδέσθην μόνον ὑπὲρ σοῦ ἀλλὰ καὶ ἠνιάθην εἰ Πλάτωνοσ καὶ Χρυσίππου καὶ Ἀριστοτέλουσ ἐκλαθόμενοσ κάθησαι τὸ ὅμοιον πεπονθὼσ τοῖσ τὰ ὦτα πτερῷ κνωμένοισ, καὶ ταῦτα μυρίων ἄλλων ὄντων ἀκουσμάτων καὶ θεαμάτων σπουδαίων, εἰ τούτων τισ δέοιτο, τῶν κυκλίων αὐλητῶν καὶ τῶν κιθάρᾳ τὰ ἔννομα προσᾳδόντων, καὶ μάλιστα τῆσ σεμνῆσ τραγῳδίασ καὶ τῆσ φαιδροτάτησ κωμῳδίασ, ἅπερ καὶ ἐναγώνια εἶναι ἠξίωται. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 2:2)
  • καρῆναι δέ τινοσ εἰπόντοσ ὡσ δέοιτο, Τί γάρ, ἔφη, σοὶ δεινὸν εἴργασται καὶ ἄξιον ἀτιμίασ; (Lucian, 6:4)
  • ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἀπηκριβωμένοσ καὶ τελείωσ ἀγαθὸσ οὐδ’ ἂν ὅλωσ δόξησ δέοιτο, πλὴν ὅση πάροδον ἐπὶ τὰσ πράξεισ διὰ τοῦ πιστεύεσθαι δίδωσι· (Plutarch, Agis, chapter 2 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. to lack

  2. to be in want or need

  3. to ask for

Derived

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

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