μειονεκτέω

A. have too little, to be poor, σὺν τῷ γενναίῳ μ., opp. σὺν τῷ ἀδίκῳ πλέον ἔχειν, X. Ages. 4.5; come short, μ. εἰ μή . . Id. Cyr. 8.6.23, cf. Mem. 3.14.6; μ. ἔν τινι fall short in a thing, Id. Hier. 1.11, 27: c. gen. rei, to be short of a thing, σίτων καὶ ποτῶν ib.2.1; μ. τῶν εὐφροσυνῶν ἔν τινι ib.1.29; τῶν δικαίων D.H. 6.71: c. gen. pers. et dat. rei, τῇ εὐφροσύνῃ μ. τῶν ἰδιωτῶν X. Hier. 1.18; opp. πλεονεκτέω, Hierax ap.Stob. 3.9.54.