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|Full diacritics=δέον
|Medium diacritics=δέον
|Low diacritics=δέον
|Capitals=ΔΕΟΝ
|Transliteration A=déon
|Transliteration B=deon
|Transliteration C=deon
|Beta Code=de/on
|Definition=(written <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> δείον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>4.361.4</span> (iii B. C.), etc.), οντος, τό, neut. Subst., prop. part. of impers. <b class="b3">δεῖ</b> (q. v.):—<b class="b2">that which is binding, needful, right</b>, μᾶλλον τοῦ δ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.3.8</span>; τὰ δ. <span class="bibl">Th.1.22</span>, etc.; οὐδὲν τῶν δ. πράττοντες <span class="bibl">Isoc.3.25</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸ τοῦ δ</b>. before <b class="b2">it be needful</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>891</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν δέοντι</b> (sc. <b class="b3">καιρῷ</b>) in <b class="b2">good time</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1277</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cim.</span>17</span>; ἐν τῷ δ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.159</span>; ἐς δέον ἐγεγόνεε <span class="bibl">Id.1.119</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">186</span>; ἐς δ. πάρεστι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span> 1416</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ant.</span>386</span>; εἰς δ. λέγειν <span class="bibl">D.4.14</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς τὸ δ</b>. for <b class="b2">needful purposes</b>, or <b class="b2">in case of need</b>, ἐς τὸ δ. χρῆσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.173</span>: hence of <b class="b2">secret service</b>, εἰς τὸ δ. ἀπώλεσα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>859</span> (parody of Pericles' <b class="b3">εἰς τὸ δ. ἀνήλωσα</b> Sch. ad loc.); εἰς οὐδὲν δ. ἀναλίσκειν <span class="bibl">D.3.28</span>: so in pl., <b class="b3">εἰς δέοντα ἀναλωθῆναι</b> Andronic.Rhod.p.577 M.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-0547.png Seite 547]] οντος, τό (neutr. partic praes. von δεῖ), das Nöthige, Pflicht, Schuldigkeit, τὰ δέοντα εἰπεῖν Thuc. 1, 22 u. öfter; Plat. Phaedr. 234 b; ἀπῆλθον πρωϊαίτερον τοῦ δέοντος Theaet. 150 e; θᾶττον τοῦ δ. Conv. 195 b u. öfter; ἐν δέοντι u. ἐν τῷ δέοντι, sc. καιρῷ, zur rechten Zeit, Ar. Pax 272; Eur. Mad. 1277; Her. 2, 159; Thuc. 2, 89; ποιεῖν Isocr. 3, 19 u. Sp.; εἰς [[δέον]], z. B. παρεῖναι Soph. O. R. 1416; Eur. Alc. 1101; Her. 1, 119; καὶ [[καλῶς]] Plat. Rep. X, 596 e; εἰς τὸ [[δέον]] παραγίνεσθαι Her. 1, 32; χρῆσθαι 2, 173; vgl. Ar. Nubb. 859; εἰς οὐδὲν [[δέον]] ἀναλίσκειν, unnöthiger Weise, Dem. 3, 28. – Absolut [[δέον]], da es nöthig ist od. war, Plat. Prot. 355 d u. sonst oft bei Att.; οὐδὲν [[δέον]], was nicht hätte geschehen sollen, Her. 3, 65 u. sonst. – Pol. 1, 30, 7 u. Sp. sagen [[δέον]] ἐστίν = δεῖ
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