ἐνδεής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἐνδεές, neut. pl. [[ἐνδεᾶ]]: ([[ἐνδέω]] B):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[wanting]] or [[lacking in]], [[in need of]], c. gen., <b class="b3">ἐ. εἶναι</b> or <b class="b3">γεγενῆσθαί τινος</b>, Hdt.1.32, Antipho 5.77; ἑνός μοι μῦθος ἐ. ἔτι E.''Hec.''835; <b class="b3">πολλῶν ἐ.</b>, opp. [[αὐτάρκης]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 369b; <b class="b3">ποιητοῦ δ' ἐστὶν ἐ... πρὸς τὸ ἐπιδεῖξαι</b>, [[caret vate sacro]], Id.''Smp.''195d, cf. ''Lg.''697e; σμικροῦ τινος ἐ. εἰμι πάντ' ἔχειν Id.''Prt.'' 329b.<br><span class="bld">2</span> abs., [[in want]], [[in need]], X.''HG''6.1.3 codd., etc.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[lacking]], [[deficient]], freq. in Comp., ἐνδεέστερα πράγματα Hdt.7.48; <b class="b3">φαίνεται ἐνδεεστέρα</b> [ἡ στρατεία] Th.1.10; -εστέρα παρασκευή Id.4.65; ἐνδεέστεροι ταῖς οὐσίαις Isoc.4.105; also in Posit., <b class="b3">οὐδὲν ἐνδεὲς ποιεῖσθαι</b> leave nothing [[unsaid]], S.''Ph.''375; τοῦτο πολλῷ τοῦ παρόντος ἐνδεές E.''Heracl.'' 170; μηδὲν ἐνδεὲς λίπῃς Id.''Ph.''385; ἐνδεὲς φαίνεταί τι Th.5.9; ἐνδεές τι ἐν τῷ σώματι ἔχειν [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.1.40; ἐ. τὸν βίον Men.592; τὴν ὄψιν Luc.''DMar.''1.2; <b class="b3">τὸ ἐ.</b> [[lack]], [[want]], [[defect]], = [[ἔνδεια]], Th.1.77; <b class="b3">τὸ αὐτῶν ἐ.</b> their [[deficiency]], Id.3.83.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[inferior]], <b class="b3">τὰ κρείσσω μηδὲ τἀνδεᾶ λέγειν</b> [[the worse]], S.''OC''1430; γένει οὐδενὸς ἐνδεής X.''HG''7.1.23; <b class="b3">τῆς δυνάμεως ἐνδεᾶ πρᾶξαι</b> to act [[short of]] your real power, Th.1.70; <b class="b3">τούτου ἐνδεᾶ ἐφαίνετο</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τἃ πράγματα</b>) their power was [[unequal to]] the purpose, ib.102: Comp. ἐνδεέστερός τινος S.''Ph.''524; τῆς δόξης Th.2.11; αὑτοῦ Plu.''Cic.''35.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[inadequate]], [[insufficient]], πρός τι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 322b; ἐ. ξυνθῆκαι Th.8.36.<br><span class="bld">5</span> Gramm., [[defective]], A.D.''Synt.''239.18.<br><span class="bld">6</span> Adv. [[ἐνδεῶς]] = [[defectively]], [[insufficiently]], opp. [[ἱκανῶς]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 88e, ''R.''523e; <b class="b3">ἐ. ἔχειν τινός</b> to be [[in want of]], E.''Fr.''898.8; τῶν ἀναγκαίων Plu.''Nic.''27; <b class="b3">μὴ ἐνδεῶς γνῶναι</b> judge not [[insufficiently]], Th.2.40: Comp. <b class="b3">ἐνδεεστέρως παρεῖχεν ἢ πρὸς τὴν ἐξουσίαν</b> [[less]] than, Id.4.39; ἐ. πρὸς ἃ βούλεται δηλοῦσθαι Id.2.35; ἐ. ἔχειν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 74e; <b class="b3">ἐ. ἢ προσῆκεν τιμωρήσασθαι</b> Epist. Philipp. ap. D.12.12: rarely ἐνδεέστερον A.D.''Synt.''209.21.