δεύω

A. miss, want, Act. used by Hom. only in aor., ἐδεύησεν δ’ οἰήϊον ἄκρον ἱκέσθαι he missed, failed in reaching it, Od. 9.483,540: δεύει, = δεῖ, IG 12(2).526 A 19 (Eresus); δεύοντος Alc. Oxy. 1788.15 ii 3.

II. Dep. δεύομαι, fut. δευήσομαι Od. 6.192, = Att. δέομαι, feel the want or loss of, be without, θυμοῦ δευόμενος reft of life, Il. 3.294, 20.472; stand in need of, βάκτρου E. Tr. 276; ἐν καίροις ἐπιμεληΐας δευομένοις IG 12(2).243 (Mytilene); αἴ κέ τινος δεύωνται ib.15.26; ἐδεύετο ἤματος ὥρη . . νέεσθαι the time of day required her to return, A.R. 3.1138.

2. to be wanting, deficient in, δ. πολέμοιο Il. 13.310 μάχης ἄρα πολλὸν ἐδεύεο 17.142: abs., δευόμενος in need, 22.492; τετράκις εἰς ἑκατὸν δεύοιτό κεν it would fall short . ., A.R. 2.974.

3. c. gen. pers., to be inferior to, ἄλλα τε πάντα δεύεαι Ἀργείων Il. 23.484; οὔ τευ δευόμενον Od. 4.264.