ἐπιδευής

A. in need or want of, lacking, c. gen., δαιτὸς ἐΐσης, κρειῶν, γάλακτος, etc., Il. 9.225, Od. 4.87, etc.; βιότου Hes. Th. 605; λώβης τε καὶ αἴσχεος οὐκ ἐπιδευεῖς lacking not scathe nor scorn, Il. 13.622; τῶν πάντων ἐπιδευέες (v.l.‐δεέες) Hdt. 4.130: abs., ὅς κ’ ἐπιδευής whoever be in want, Il. 5.481, cf. Parm. 8.33.

II. . lacking, failing, ἵνα μή τι δίκης ἐπιδευὲς ἔχῃσθα that thou may'st have no point of right wanting, Il. 19.180: c. gen., βίης ἐπιδευέες failing in strength, Od. 21.185; ἐ. θέσφατα μαντοσύνης A.R. 2.315: as Comp., βίης ἐπιδευέες εἰμὲν ἀντιθέου Ὀδυσῆος inferior to Ulysses in strength, Od. 21.253, cf. h.Ap. 338: and abs., πολλὸν δ’ ἐπιδευέες ἦμεν far too weak were we, Od. 24.171: c. inf., τεθνάκην ὀλίγω ’πιδεύης cj. in Sapph. 2.15.