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.
- σὺ γάρ με ἐπῆρασ Ἱππίᾳ διαλέγεσθαι, καὶ νῦν, ἐὰν μή μοι ἐθέλῃ Ἱππίασ ἀποκρίνεσθαι, δέου αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 61:3)
- νῦν δ’ ἐστὶν ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ δέοιό μου Κρίσωνι τῷ Ἱμεραίῳ δρομεῖ ἀκμάζοντι ἕπεσθαι, ἢ τῶν δολιχοδρόμων τῳ ἢ τῶν ἡμεροδρόμων διαθεῖν τε καὶ ἕπεσθαι, εἴποιμι ἄν σοι ὅτι πολὺ σοῦ μᾶλλον ἐγὼ ἐμαυτοῦ δέομαι θέουσιν τούτοισ ἀκολουθεῖν, ἀλλ’ οὐ γὰρ δύναμαι, ἀλλ’ εἴ τι δέῃ θεάσασθαι ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ ἐμέ τε καὶ Κρίσωνα θέοντασ, τούτου δέου συγκαθεῖναι· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 215:1)
- εἰ οὖν ἐπιθυμεῖσ ἐμοῦ καὶ Πρωταγόρου ἀκούειν, τούτου δέου, ὥσπερ τὸ πρῶτόν μοι ἀπεκρίνατο διὰ βραχέων τε καὶ αὐτὰ τὰ ἐρωτώμενα, οὕτω καὶ νῦν ἀποκρίνεσθαι· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 217:2)
- μόνον μὴ δέου, μὴ προστίθει δ’ ὅτι "καὶ οὐ δέομαι". (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 18:3)
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)
