ἐπιδέω
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English (LSJ)
(A), fut. -δήσω,
A bind, fasten on, τὸν λόφον Ar.Ra.1038:— Med., ἐπὶ τὰ κράνεα λόφους ἐπιδέεσθαι have crests fastened on... Hdt. 1.171: for Od.21.391, v. πεδάω. II. bind up, bandage, Hp.VC13, Fract.21, Art.14:—Pass., ἐπιδεδεμένος τραύματα with one's wounds bound up, X.Cyr.5.2.32, al.; ἐπιδεδεμένοι ἀντικνήμιον, χεῖρα, ib.2.3.19.
ἐπιδέω (B), fut. -δεήσω,
A want or lack of a number, τετρακοσίας μυριάδας . . ἐπιδεούσας ἑπτὰ χιλιάδων Hdt.7.28: generally, to be in need of, Ocell.1.8; τῆς τέχνης ἂν μόνον ἐπιδέοι would need nothing ffurther but his skill, Pl.Lg.709d: impers., ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἄλλης ἐπιδέῃ βοηθείας D.H.6.63. II. Med., to be in want of, τινός Hdt.1.32, Pl.Smp. 204a, X.Smp.8.16, etc.; ἀρχὴν τριάκοντα ἐπιδεομένην ἡμερῶν lacking thirty days of its expiry, Pl.Lg.766c. 2. request, PMag.Lond. 121.546.
