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.
- 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
-
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)
