ἀποδέω
δόξειε δ' ἂν τῆς κυριωτάτης καὶ μάλιστα ἀρχιτεκτονικῆς. τοιαύτη δ' ἡ πολιτικὴ φαίνεται → It would seem to belong to the most authoritative art and that which is most truly the master art. And politics appears to be of this nature.
English (LSJ)
(A),
A bind fast, tie up the navel, Pl.Smp.190e; generally, bind, LXXJo.9.4, J.AJ4.8.21:—Pass., ἐν δερματίῳ ἀποδέδεταί τι Pl. Erx.400a, cf. Arist.HA587a14, Erasistr. ap. Gal.11.148.
ἀποδέω (B),
A to be in want of, lack, often in accounts of numbers, τριακοσίων ἀποδέοντα μύρια 10,000 lacking or save 300, Th.2.13, cf. 4.38, etc.; δυεῖν χιλιάδων ἀποδέοντες εἶναι δισμύριοι D.H.7.3; generally, τοσοῦτον ἀποδέω τινός so far am I from .., Pl.Ax.366b,372a: c. inf., ὀλίγον ἀποδεῖν εἶναι want little of being, Plu.2.978f; fall short of, be inferior to, τινός Luc.Merc.Cond.36, cf. Plu.2.1088c; πλήθει οὐ πολὺ ἀποδέοντες ἀλλήλων not differing much in number, D.H.3.52, cf. Plu.Luc.28; come short of, miss, τῆς ἀληθείας Pl.Ax.369d.
