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|Definition=(written <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> δείον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>4.361.4</span> (iii B. C.), etc.), οντος, τό, neut. Subst., prop. part. of impers. <b class="b3">δεῖ</b> (q. v.):—<b class="b2">that which is binding, needful, right</b>, μᾶλλον τοῦ δ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.3.8</span>; τὰ δ. <span class="bibl">Th.1.22</span>, etc.; οὐδὲν τῶν δ. πράττοντες <span class="bibl">Isoc.3.25</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸ τοῦ δ</b>. before <b class="b2">it be needful</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>891</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν δέοντι</b> (sc. <b class="b3">καιρῷ</b>) in <b class="b2">good time</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1277</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cim.</span>17</span>; ἐν τῷ δ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.159</span>; ἐς δέον ἐγεγόνεε <span class="bibl">Id.1.119</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">186</span>; ἐς δ. πάρεστι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span> 1416</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ant.</span>386</span>; εἰς δ. λέγειν <span class="bibl">D.4.14</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς τὸ δ</b>. for <b class="b2">needful purposes</b>, or <b class="b2">in case of need</b>, ἐς τὸ δ. χρῆσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.173</span>: hence of <b class="b2">secret service</b>, εἰς τὸ δ. ἀπώλεσα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>859</span> (parody of Pericles' <b class="b3">εἰς τὸ δ. ἀνήλωσα</b> Sch. ad loc.); εἰς οὐδὲν δ. ἀναλίσκειν <span class="bibl">D.3.28</span>: so in pl., <b class="b3">εἰς δέοντα ἀναλωθῆναι</b> Andronic.Rhod.p.577 M.</span>