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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

Present tense

Active
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	δέω	δεῖς	δεῖ
	Dual		δεῖτον	δεῖτον
	Plural	δέομεν	δεῖτε	δέουσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	δέω	δῇς	δῇ
	Dual		δῆτον	δῆτον
	Plural	δέωμεν	δῆτε	δέωσιν*
Optative	Singular	δέοιμι	δέοις	δέοι
	Dual		δέοιτον	δεοίτην
	Plural	δέοιμεν	δέοιτε	δέοιεν
Imperative	Singular		δεῖ	δείτω
	Dual		δεῖτον	δείτων
	Plural		δεῖτε	δεόντων, δείτωσαν
Infinitive		δεῖν
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		δεων δεοντος	δεουσα δεουσης	δεον δεοντος
Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	δέομαι	δεῖ, δῇ	δεῖται
	Dual		δεῖσθον	δεῖσθον
	Plural	δεόμεθα	δεῖσθε	δέονται
Subjunctive	Singular	δέωμαι	δῇ	δῆται
	Dual		δῆσθον	δῆσθον
	Plural	δεώμεθα	δῆσθε	δέωνται
Optative	Singular	δεοίμην	δέοιο	δέοιτο
	Dual		δέοισθον	δεοίσθην
	Plural	δεοίμεθα	δέοισθε	δέοιντο
Imperative	Singular		δέου	δείσθω
	Dual		δεῖσθον	δείσθων
	Plural		δεῖσθε	δείσθων, δείσθωσαν
Infinitive		δεῖσθαι
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		δεομενος δεομενου	δεομενη δεομενης	δεομενον δεομενου

Imperfect tense

Active
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	έ̓δεον	ε͂̓δεις	ε͂̓δειν*
	Dual		έ̓δειτον	ἐδεῖτην
	Plural	ἐδέομεν	έ̓δειτε	έ̓δεον
Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐδεόμην	ἐδέου	έ̓δειτο
	Dual		έ̓δεισθον	ἐδεῖσθην
	Plural	ἐδεόμεθα	έ̓δεισθε	ἐδέοντο

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

λέγοντεσ. δεόμεθα, κύριε, κατέβημεν τὴν ἀρχὴν πρίασθαι βρώματα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 43:19)
εἰή δ’, ὦ θεοί, καὶ τὰ παρ’ ὑμῶν ἐμπνεῦσαι δεξιά, ὡσ νῦν γε μάλιστα πλησιστίου τε καὶ ἐσθλοῦ ἑταίρου ἀνέμου δεόμεθα, ἵνα, εἰ ἄξιοι φαινοίμεθα, καὶ ἡμῖν τὸ Ὁμηρικὸν ἐκεῖνο ἐπιφθέγξηταί τίσ, οἱήν ἐκ ῥακέων ὁ γέρων ἐπιγουνίδα φαίνει. (Lucian, Hercules, 8:5)
οἱ μάταιοι γὰρ οὗτοι πόνοι, ὦ Ἀνάχαρσι, καὶ αἱ συνεχεῖσ ἐν τῷ πηλῷ κυβιστήσεισ καὶ αἱ ὕπαιθροι ἐν τῇ ψάμμῳ ταλαιπωρίαι τοῦτο ἡμῖν τὸ ἀμυντήριον παρέχουσι πρὸσ τὰσ τοῦ ἡλίου βολάσ, καὶ οὐκέτι πίλου δεόμεθα ὃσ τὴν ἀκτῖνα κωλύσει καθικνεῖσθαι τῆσ κεφαλῆσ. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 16:13)
οὐ γὰρ ἱκανὸν ἡμῖν ἔδοξε τὸ μόνον φῦναι ὡσ ἔφυ ἕκαστοσ ἤτοι κατὰ τὸ σῶμα ἢ κατὰ τὴν ψυχήν, ἀλλὰ καὶ παιδεύσεωσ καὶ μαθημάτων ἐπ’ αὐτοὺσ δεόμεθα, ὑφ’ ὧν τά τε εὐφυῶσ διακείμενα βελτίω παρὰ πολὺ γίγνοιτο ἂν καὶ τὰ φαύλωσ ἔχοντα μετακοσμοῖτο πρὸσ τὸ βέλτιον. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 20:9)
τούτων γὰρ ἕνεκα κἀκείνων δεόμεθα. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 1 33:6)

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)

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

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δέω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to lack

to be in want or need

to ask for

Derived

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δέω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to lack

to be in want or need

to ask for

Derived

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