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===substantive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[σπάνις]], ἡ, [[ἀπορία]], ἡ, [[ἐρημία]], ἡ, [[prose|P.]] [[ἔνδεια]], ἡ, [[verse|V.]] [[ἀχηνία]], ἡ.

[[need]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[χρεία]], ἡ.

===verb transitive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[σπανίζειν]]; (gen.) (also pass. in [[verse|V.]]), [[ἀπορεῖν]] (gen.), [[prose|P.]] [[ἐνδεῖν]] (or mid.) (gen.), [[verse|V.]] [[πένεσθαι]]; (gen.); see [[want]].

[[be deficient in]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐλλείπειν]]; (gen.), [[ἀπολείπεσθαι]] (gen.), [[verse|V.]] [[λείπεσθαι]]; (gen.).

===verb intransitive===

[[be lacking]], [[fall short]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐκλείπω]], [[ἐκλείπειν]], [[ἐλλείπειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[λείπω]], [[λείπειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπιλείπειν]].
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