ἐπιδέω

A. want or lack of a number, τετρακοσίας μυριάδας . . ἐπιδεούσας ἑπτὰ χιλιάδων Hdt. 7.28: generally, to be in need of, Ocell. 1.8; τῆς τέχνης ἂν μόνον ἐπιδέοι would need nothing ffurther but his skill, Pl. Lg. 709d: impers., ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἄλλης ἐπιδέῃ βοηθείας D.H. 6.63.

II. . Med., to be in want of, τινός Hdt. 1.32, Pl. Smp. 204a, X. Smp. 8.16, etc.; ἀρχὴν τριάκοντα ἐπιδεομένην ἡμερῶν lacking thirty days of its expiry, Pl. Lg. 766c.

2. . request, PMag.Lond. 121.546.