δέω

A. δεήσω Pl. R. 395e: aor. ἐδέησα Lys. 30.8, Ep. δῆσα only Il. 18.100: pf. δεδέηκα Pl. Plt. 277d:—Med., fut. δεήσομαι Th. 1.32, etc., Dor. δεοῦμαι Epich. 120; later ‐ηθήσομαι LXX Jb. 5.8, Plu. 2.213c, etc.: aor. ἐδεήθην Hdt. 4.84, Ar. Pl. 986, etc.: pf. δεδέημαι X. An. 7.7.14, Is. 8.22 (the forms δεήσω, etc., compared with the Ep. ἐδεύησα, δεύομαι, point to [ροοτ ]δεv):—lack, miss, stand in need of, c. gen., ἐμεῖο δὲ δῆσε . . ἀλκτῆρα γενέσθαι Il. l.c. (elsewh. Hom. uses δεύω, q.v.); παραδείγματος τὸ παράδειγμα αὐτὸ δεδέηκεν Pl. Plt. 277d, cf. X. Mem. 4.2.10.

2. freq. in Att., πολλοῦ δέω I want much, i.e. am far from, mostly c. inf. pres., πολλοῦ δ. ἀπολογεῖσθαι I am far from defending myself, Pl. Ap. 30d; πολλοῦ δεῖς εἰπεῖν Id. Men. 79b; π. δ. ἀγνοεῖν Id. Ly. 204e; π. γε δέουσι μαίνεσθαι Id. Men. 92a; also μικροῦ ἔδεον ἐν χερσὶν εἶναι X. HG 4.6.11, cf. Men. Georg. 25; τοσούτου δέω ἱκανὸς εἶναι λέγειν ὥστε . . Lys. 17.1; τοσούτου δέουσι μιμεῖσθαι Isoc. 14.17 (also τοσοῦτον δέω εἰδέναι Pl. Men. 71a); παρὰ μικρὸν ἐδέησα ἀποθανεῖν v.l. in Isoc. 17.42; simply ἐδέησα κινδύνῳ περιπεσεῖν Alciphr. 3.5: abs., πολλοῦ γε δέω I am far from it, Pl. Phdr. 228a; τοῦ παντὸς δέω A. Pr. 1006; παντὸς δεῖ τοιοῦτος εἶναι Pl. Sph. 221d (impers. πολλοῦ δεῖ, etc., v. δεῖ 11.1. b): in part., παλαστῆς δεόντων τεττάρων ποδῶν IG 12.373.8; μικροῦ δέοντα τέτταρα τάλαντα D. 27.35; the part. is freq. used to express numerals compounded with 8 or 9, ἀνδράσιν ἑνὸς δέουσι τριάκοντα IG 12.374.413; δυοῖν δέοντα τεσσεράκοντα forty lacking two, thirty-eight, Hdt. 1.14; πεντήκοντα δυοῖν δέοντα ἔτη Th. 2.2; ἑνὸς δέον εἰκοστὸν ἔτος the 20th year save one, the 19th, Id. 8.6; δυοῖν δεούσαις εἴκοσι ναυσίν X. HG 1.1.5: later, the inf. stands abs., περὶ τὰ ἑνὸς δεῖν πεντήκοντα fifty save one, Arist. Rh. 1390b11: part. in gen., τροφαλίδες μιᾶς δεούσης εἴκοσιν Id. HA 522a31; πόλεων δυοῖν δεούσαιν ἑξήκοντα D.L. 5.27; ἑξήκοντα ἑνὸς δέοντος ἔτη Plu. Pomp. 79.

3. part. δέων, δέουσα, as Adj., fit, proper, ὁ καιρὸς οὐκ ἔστι χρόνος δέων Arist. APr. 48b36; τοῖς δέουσι χρόνοις IG 12(3).247.11 (Anaphe); ἡ δέουσα ἑκάστων χρῆσις Hierocl.p.61 A., etc.: esp.freq.in neut., v. δέον.

4. δεῖ impers., v. h. v.

II. Dep. δέομαι: contr. δῆσθε Sophr. 46, part. δεύμενος Id. 36: fut. δεήσομαι Pl. Phlb. 53b: aor. ἐδεήθην: always personal, and used by Hom. only in form δεύομαι (v. δεύω B):

1. abs., to be in want or need, require, mostly in part., κάρτα δεόμενος Hdt. 8.59; οἱ δεόμενοι the needy, opp. οἱ κεκτημένοι τὰς οὐσίας, Isoc. 6.67.

b. stand in need of, want, c. gen., Hdt. 1.36, etc.; τὰ σὰ δεῖται κολαστοῦ . . ἔπη S. OT 1148; ῥώμης τινὸς δ. ib.1293; οὐδὲν δεῖσθαι τροφῆς have no need of . ., Th. 8.43; ἤν τι δέωνται βασιλέως if they have any need of him, ib.37: c. inf., τοῦτο ἔτι δέομαι μαθεῖν Pl. R. 392d, cf. Euthd. 275d, etc.; τὰ πράττεσθαι δεόμενα things needing to be done, X. Cyr. 2.3.3; τὰ δεόμενα necessaries, IG 2.573.4; ἐπισκευάσαι τὰ δεόμενα parts needing repair, ib.22.1176.15; τὸ δεόμενον the point threatened, Plb. 15.15.7; δεῖται impers., v. δεῖ.

2. beg a thing from a person, c. dupl. gen. rei et pers., τῶν ἐδέετο σφέων Hdt. 3.157, cf. Th. 1.32, etc.; μή μου δεηθῇς. ΘΗ. πράγματος ποίου; S. OC 1170: freq. with neut. Pron. in acc., τοῦτο ὑμῶν δέομαι Pl. Ap. 17c, cf. Smp. 173e, etc.: c. acc. cogn., δέημα, or oftener δέησιν, δεῖσθαί τινος, Ar. Ach. 1059, Aeschin. 2.43, etc.: also c. acc. rei only, ξύμφορα δ. Th. 1.32; δυνατά τινος Pl. Prt. 335e; δίκαια καὶ μέτρια ὑμῶν D. 38.2; διαπράξωμαι ἃ δέομαι X. An. 2.3.29: with gen. pers. only, δεηθεὶς ὑμῶν having begged a favour of you, D. 21.108: c.gen.pers. et inf., ἐδέετο τοῦ δήμου φυλακῆς πρὸς αὐτοῦ κυρῆσαι Hdt. 1.59, cf. Pl. Prt. 336a, etc.; δ. τινὸς ὥστε . . Th. 1.119; ὅπως . . Plu. Ant. 84: rarely c. acc. pers., ἐδέοντο Βοιωτοὺς ὅπως παραδώσουσι Th. 5.36: parenthetic, δέομαι I pray, LXX Ge. 44.18.