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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

καὶ πάντεσ μὲν οἱ τὴν Ἑλλάδα κατοικοῦντεσ τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον ἐπὶ τὴν ἡγεμονίαν ἀνεβίβαζον, καὶ τοῖσ ψηφίσμασιν ἀναπλάττοντεσ φρόνημα μεῖζον τοῦ δέοντοσ ἀνδρὶ νέῳ καὶ φιλοδόξῳ περιέθηκαν· (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 11:2)
τούτοισ ἅπασι προεκπλήξασ τὸ θέατρον καὶ θαυμαστῆσ ἐλπίδοσ ἐμπλήσασ τοὺσ θεατάσ, ἐπειδή ποτε καὶ ᾆσαι καὶ κιθαρίσαι πάντωσ ἔδει, ἀνακρούεται μὲν ἀνάρμοστόν τι καὶ ἀσύντακτον, ἀπορρήγνυσι δὲ τρεῖσ ἅμα χορδὰσ σφοδρότερον τοῦ δέοντοσ ἐμπεσὼν τῇ κιθάρᾳ, ᾄδειν δὲ ἄρχεται ἀπόμουσόν τι καὶ λεπτόν, ὥστε γέλωτα μὲν παρὰ πάντων γενέσθαι τῶν θεατῶν, τοὺσ ἀθλοθέτασ δὲ ἀγανακτήσαντασ ἐπὶ τῇ τόλμῃ μαστιγώσαντασ αὐτὸν ἐκβαλεῖν τοῦ θεάτρου· (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 9:3)
Εἰ δέ τισ ἐρεῖ τῶν πρὸσ ἅπαντα φιλονεικούντων, ὅτι τοῦτον ἴσωσ ἔγραψε τὸν λόγον ταῖσ Ἀριστοτέλουσ ἐντετευχὼσ τέχναισ, τὸν κράτιστον ἁπάντων τῶν λόγων, πολλὰ πρὸσ αὐτὸν εἰπεῖν ἔχων, ἵνα μὴ μακρότεροσ τοῦ δέοντοσ ὁ λόγοσ γένηταί μοι, καὶ τοῦτον ἐπιδείξειν ὑπισχνοῦμαι τὸν ἀγῶνα πρὸ τῶν Ἀριστοτέλουσ τεχνῶν ἐπιτετελεσμένον αὐτῷ χρησάμενοσ τῷ φιλοσόφῳ μάρτυρι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 12 1:3)
οὐ γὰρ μόνον οὐκ ἴσχυσε τοῦτο παρ’ αὐτοῦ λαβεῖν, ἀλλὰ κἄν ποτε διεγεῖραι βουληθῇ τὴν φράσιν, ὀλίγον ἐμπνεύσασ ὥσπερ ἀπόγειοσ αὖρα ταχέωσ σβέννυται μακρότεροσ γὰρ γίνεται τοῦ δέοντοσ ἐν πολλοῖσ, καὶ τοῦ πρέποντοσ οὐχ ὡσ Ἡρόδοτοσ ἐφάπτεται τῶν προσώπων εὐτυχῶσ, ἀλλ’ ἐν πολλοῖσ ὀλίγωρόσ ἐστιν, ἄν τισ ὀρθῶσ σκοπῇ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 4 4:1)
ἔχων δὲ πολλοὺσ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἄλλουσ διεξιέναι λόγουσ πρὸσ πόλεισ τε καὶ δυνάστασ καὶ ἰδιώτασ γραφέντασ, ὧν οἳ μὲν εἰσ ὁμόνοιαν καὶ σωφροσύνην τὰ πλήθη παρακαλοῦσιν, οἳ δὲ εἰσ μετριότητα καὶ νόμιμον ἀρχὴν τοὺσ δυνάστασ προάγουσιν, οἳ δὲ κοσμίουσ τῶν ἰδιωτῶν ἀπεργάζονται τοὺσ βίουσ, ἃ δεῖ πράττειν ἕκαστον ὑποτιθέμενοι, δεδοικὼσ μὴ πέρα τοῦ δέοντοσ ὁ λόγοσ ἐκμηκυνθῇ μοι, ταῦτα μὲν ἐάσω, τοῦ δ’ εὐπαρακολούθητα γενέσθαι μοι μᾶλλον τὰ πρόσθεν εἰρημένα, καὶ τῆσ διαφορᾶσ ἕνεκα, ᾗ διαλλάττει Λυσίου, τὰσ ἀρετὰσ αὐτῶν εἰσ βραχύτερον συναγαγὼν λόγον ἐπὶ τὰ παραδείγματα μεταβήσομαι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 101)

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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