δέον

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   A δείον PSI4.361.4 (iii B. C.), etc.), οντος, τό, neut. Subst., prop. part. of impers. δεῖ (q. v.):—that which is binding, needful, right, μᾶλλον τοῦ δ. X.Mem.4.3.8; τὰ δ. Th.1.22, etc.; οὐδὲν τῶν δ. πράττοντες Isoc.3.25; πρὸ τοῦ δ. before it be needful, S.Ph.891; ἐν δέοντι (sc. καιρῷ) in good time, E.Med.1277, Plu.Cim.17; ἐν τῷ δ. Hdt.2.159; ἐς δέον ἐγεγόνεε Id.1.119, cf. 186; ἐς δ. πάρεστι S.OT 1416, cf. Ant.386; εἰς δ. λέγειν D.4.14; εἰς τὸ δ. for needful purposes, or in case of need, ἐς τὸ δ. χρῆσθαι Hdt.2.173: hence of secret service, εἰς τὸ δ. ἀπώλεσα Ar.Nu.859 (parody of Pericles' εἰς τὸ δ. ἀνήλωσα Sch. ad loc.); εἰς οὐδὲν δ. ἀναλίσκειν D.3.28: so in pl., εἰς δέοντα ἀναλωθῆναι Andronic.Rhod.p.577 M.

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[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