ἐπιδέω
ὅτι χρὴ τοῦ μέλιτος ἄκρῳ δακτύλῳ, ἀλλὰ μὴ κοίλῃ χειρὶ γεύεσθαι → that honey should be tasted with the fingertip and not by the handful
English (LSJ)
(A), fut. -δήσω,
A bind, fasten on, τὸν λόφον Ar.Ra.1038:— Med., ἐπὶ τὰ κράνεα λόφους ἐπιδέεσθαι have crests fastened on... Hdt. 1.171: for Od.21.391, v. πεδάω. II. bind up, bandage, Hp.VC13, Fract.21, Art.14:—Pass., ἐπιδεδεμένος τραύματα with one's wounds bound up, X.Cyr.5.2.32, al.; ἐπιδεδεμένοι ἀντικνήμιον, χεῖρα, ib.2.3.19.
ἐπιδέω (B), fut. -δεήσω,
A want or lack of a number, τετρακοσίας μυριάδας . . ἐπιδεούσας ἑπτὰ χιλιάδων Hdt.7.28: generally, to be in need of, Ocell.1.8; τῆς τέχνης ἂν μόνον ἐπιδέοι would need nothing ffurther but his skill, Pl.Lg.709d: impers., ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἄλλης ἐπιδέῃ βοηθείας D.H.6.63. II. Med., to be in want of, τινός Hdt.1.32, Pl.Smp. 204a, X.Smp.8.16, etc.; ἀρχὴν τριάκοντα ἐπιδεομένην ἡμερῶν lacking thirty days of its expiry, Pl.Lg.766c. 2. request, PMag.Lond. 121.546.
