Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐνδέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐνδέω ἐνδεήσω

Structure: ἐν (Prefix) + δέϝ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to be in want of, do we lack
  2. to be wanting or lacking, there is need or want

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐνδέω ἐνδεῖς ἐνδεῖ
Dual ἐνδεῖτον ἐνδεῖτον
Plural ἐνδέομεν ἐνδεῖτε ἐνδέουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐνδέω ἐνδῇς ἐνδῇ
Dual ἐνδῆτον ἐνδῆτον
Plural ἐνδέωμεν ἐνδῆτε ἐνδέωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐνδέοιμι ἐνδέοις ἐνδέοι
Dual ἐνδέοιτον ἐνδεοίτην
Plural ἐνδέοιμεν ἐνδέοιτε ἐνδέοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐνδεῖ ἐνδείτω
Dual ἐνδεῖτον ἐνδείτων
Plural ἐνδεῖτε ἐνδεόντων, ἐνδείτωσαν
Infinitive ἐνδεῖν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐνδεων ἐνδεοντος ἐνδεουσα ἐνδεουσης ἐνδεον ἐνδεοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐνδέομαι ἐνδεῖ, ἐνδῇ ἐνδεῖται
Dual ἐνδεῖσθον ἐνδεῖσθον
Plural ἐνδεόμεθα ἐνδεῖσθε ἐνδέονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐνδέωμαι ἐνδῇ ἐνδῆται
Dual ἐνδῆσθον ἐνδῆσθον
Plural ἐνδεώμεθα ἐνδῆσθε ἐνδέωνται
OptativeSingular ἐνδεοίμην ἐνδέοιο ἐνδέοιτο
Dual ἐνδέοισθον ἐνδεοίσθην
Plural ἐνδεοίμεθα ἐνδέοισθε ἐνδέοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐνδέου ἐνδείσθω
Dual ἐνδεῖσθον ἐνδείσθων
Plural ἐνδεῖσθε ἐνδείσθων, ἐνδείσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐνδεῖσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐνδεομενος ἐνδεομενου ἐνδεομενη ἐνδεομενης ἐνδεομενον ἐνδεομενου

Imperfect tense

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

  • πάντεσ γὰρ ἄνθρωποι τὸ δεῖσθαι πρότερον εἶναι τοῦ ἐνδεῖσθαι νομίζουσιν, ἡγούμενοι τὸν οὐχ ἑτοίμων οὐδ’ εὐπορίστων δεόμενον ἐνδεῖσθαι. (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 20 9:2)
  • ἔδωκε δὲ καὶ γέρα ἀπὸ τῶν θυομένων λαμβάνειν, καὶ γῆν δὲ ἐν πολλαῖσ τῶν περιοίκων πόλεων ἀπέδειξεν ἐξαίρετον τοσαύτην ὥστε μήτ’ ἐνδεῖσθαι τῶν μετρίων μήτε πλούτῳ ὑπερφέρειν. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 15 4:1)
  • ἐν δὲ τοῖσ ἀργυρείοισ ἔργοισ πάντεσ δή φασιν ἐνδεῖσθαι ἐργατῶν. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 4 6:4)
  • εἰ δέ τινοσ ἔτι ἐνδεῖσθαι δοκεῖτε, πρὸσ ἐμὲ λέγετε· (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 4 24:1)

Synonyms

  1. to be in want of

  2. to be wanting or lacking

Derived

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

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