δέησις
κοινὴ γὰρ ἡ τύχη καὶ τὸ μέλλον ἀόρατον → fortune is common to all, the future is unknown | fortune is common to all and the future unknown | fate is common to all and the future unknown
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A entreaty, Lys.2.15 (pl.), Isoc.8.138 (pl.), Pl.Ep.329d (pl.), etc.; δέομαι δ' ὑμῶν . . δικαίαν δέησιν D.29.4; δεήσεις ποιεῖσθαι Ev.Luc. 5.33, cf. Wilcken Chr.41 ii 12 (iii A.D.). 2 written petition, CPHerm.6.10, J.BJ7.5.2, Ph.2.586, PGen.16.10 (iii A.D.). II want, need, Antipho Soph.11; ἐν ἐπιθυμίαις τε καὶ δεήσεσιν Pl.Erx.405e; κατὰ τὰς δεήσεις according to their needs, Arist.Pol.1257a23; δεήσεις εἰσὶν αἱ ὀρέξεις Id.Rh.1385a22.
German (Pape)
[Seite 534] ἡ, das Bitten, die Bitte, Plat. Conv. 183 a; ὁσιωτάτην δέησιν δεόμενος Isaeus 9, 34; δέομαι ὑμῶν δικαίαν δέησιν Demosth. 29, 4; vgl. Plutarch. Tib. Graech. 6 Timol. 5, – das Fragen, die Frage, Plat. Parm. 126 a und Folgende. – Das Bedürfen, Bedürfniß, Plat. Eryx. 405 e; vgl. Arist. rhet. 2, 7.