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ἔνδεια

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔνδεια

Structure: ἐνδει (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: e)ndeh/s

Sense

  1. want, need, lack
  2. defect, deficiency
  3. want of means, need, poverty

Declension

First declension

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 νῦν, παιδίον, ἀγάπα τοὺσ ἀδελφούσ σου καὶ μὴ ὑπερηφανεύου τῇ καρδίᾳ σου ἀπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν σου καὶ τῶν υἱῶν καὶ θυγατέρων τοῦ λαοῦ σου λαβεῖν σεαυτῷ ἐξ αὐτῶν γυναῖκα. διότι ἐν τῇ ὑπερηφανίᾳ ἀπώλεια καὶ ἀκαταστασία πολλή, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀχρειότητι ἐλάττωσισ καὶ ἔνδεια μεγάλη. ἡ γὰρ ἀχρειότησ μήτηρ ἐστὶ τοῦ λιμοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 4:13)
  • εἶτ̓ ἐμπαραγίνεταί σοι ὥσπερ κακὸσ ὁδοιπόροσ ἡ πενία καὶ ἡ ἔνδεια ὥσπερ ἀγαθὸσ δρομεύσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 6:14)
  • α ἐὰν δὲ ἄοκνοσ ᾖσ, ἥξει ὥσπερ πηγὴ ὁ ἀμητόσ σου, ἡ δὲ ἔνδεια ὥσπερ κακὸσ δρομεὺσ ἀπαυτομολήσει. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 6:15)
  • τὸ δ’ ὅλον τοσοῦτον ἀπέχει πρὸσ σωτηρίαν ἢ ἑτέρων γένεσιν τὸ ὔδωρ αὐτοτελὲσ εἶναι, ὥστε καὶ αὐτῷ φθορὰ πυρὸσ ἔνδεια· (Plutarch, Aquane an ignis sit utilior, chapter, section 91)
  • λέγειν καὶ συμβουλεύειν παρακαλοῦντεσ οὐ γὰρ τοσοῦτον ἀήθεια τόλμησ καὶ τριβῆσ ἔνδεια καὶ προτοόπαιον ἑκάστῳ στρατιωτῶν . (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 2 2:1)
  • ἐν ἐνδείᾳ καὶ λιμῷ ἄγονοσ. οἱ φεύγοντεσ ἄνυδρον ἐχθὲσ συνοχὴν καὶ ταλαιπωρίαν, (Septuagint, Liber Iob 30:3)
  • χείλη δικαίων ἐπίσταται ὑψηλά, οἱ δὲ ἄφρονεσ ἐν ἐνδείᾳ τελευτῶσιν. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 10:22)

Synonyms

  1. want

  2. want of means

Related

Similar forms

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

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