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|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[entreaty]], <span class="bibl">Lys.2.15</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">Isoc.8.138</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>329d</span> (pl.), etc.; δέομαι δ' ὑμῶν… δικαίαν δέησιν <span class="bibl">D.29.4</span>; δεήσεις ποιεῖσθαι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span> 5.33</span>, cf. Wilcken <span class="title">Chr.</span>41 ii 12 (iii A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> written [[petition]], CPHerm.6.10, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>7.5.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph.2.586</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PGen.</span>16.10</span> (iii A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[want]], [[need]], <span class="bibl">Antipho Soph.11</span>; ἐν ἐπιθυμίαις τε καὶ δεήσεσιν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Erx.</span>405e</span>; <b class="b3">κατὰ τὰς δεήσεις</b> according to their [[needs]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1257a23</span>; δεήσεις εἰσὶν αἱ ὀρέξεις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1385a22</span>.</span>