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.
- ἢν οὖν τινοσ δέωμαι, διανεύων οὗτοσ ἕκαστά μοι ἑρμηνεύσει. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 64:6)
- "χρήσομαι γὰρ αὐτοῖσ ὅταν δέωμαι φίλοσ γενόμενοσ. (Plutarch, , chapter 10 9:2)
- κύκλῳ δεήσει περιτρέχειν με καὶ βοᾶν, ἄν του δέωμαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 69 2:3)
- ἐγὼ δ’ ἐπανελθὼν πρὸσ τὸν πατέρα πρόειμι δή, ὅπωσ τὰ τῶν πολεμίων ὡσ τάχιστα μαθὼν οἱᾶ́ ἐστι παρασκευάζωμαι ὅ τι ἂν δέωμαι, ὅπωσ ὡσ κάλλιστα σὺν θεῷ ἀγωνιζώμεθα. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 5 17:6)
- τούτουσ δὲ ἔχοντασ ταῦτα πρὸ τῶν ἁμαξῶν κατ’ ἴλασ πορεύεσθαι, ὅπωσ ἤν τι δέῃ ὁδοποιίασ, εὐθὺσ ἐνεργοὶ ἦτε, καὶ ἐγὼ ἤν τι δέωμαι, ὅπωσ εἰδῶ ὅθεν δεῖ λαβόντα τούτοισ χρῆσθαι. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 2 45:3)
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)
