λιπανδρέω
From LSJ
μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea
English (LSJ)
A to be in want of men, Ephor.216 J.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λιπανδρέω: πάσχω ἔλλειψιν ἀνδρῶν, Ἔφορ. 53, Στράβ. 279· καὶ λῐπανδρία, ἡ, ἔλλειψις ἀνδρῶν, ὁ αὐτ. 596· ἴδε ἐν λέξ. λειπανδρέω.