ὑποδεής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), ές, ([[δέομαι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[somewhat deficient]], [[inferior;]] used only in Comp. [[ὑποδεέστερος]].<br><span class="bld">I</span> of persons, [[lower in degree]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.91, 134; κυνίδια τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ τῇ γνώμῃ καὶ τῇ γλώσσῃ ὑ. X. ''Oec.'' 13.8.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[younger]], PMasp.23.16 (vi A. D.), ''PLond.''5.1708.37 (vi A. D.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> of things, <b class="b3">ἐκ πολλῷ ὑποδεεστέρων</b> with [[resources]] much [[inferior]], Th.2.89; <b class="b3">αὐτὸς ἑωυτοῦ ῥέει ὑποδεέστερος</b>, of the Nile, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.25; τέχνη ἐκείνης ὑποδεεστέρα Pl.''Euthd.''289e; <b class="b3">δηλοῦται.. ὑποδεέστερα ὄντα τῆς φήμης</b> [[inferior]] to report, i.e. exaggerated, Th.1.11; <b class="b3">ἔστι δὲ τοῦτο ὑ.</b>, of bee-bread, Arist.''HA''623b24.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Adv. [[ὑποδεεστέρως]] Th.8.87, Antipho 4.4.6: neut. pl. [[ὑποδεέστερα]] as adverb, Id.3.3.9.<br /><br />(B), ές, ([[δέος]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[somewhat fearful]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]], Phot., Suid.