ἐπιδευής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, poet. for [[ἐπιδεής]], <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[in need]] or [[want of]], [[lacking]], c. gen., <b class="b3">δαιτὸς ἐΐσης, κρειῶν, γάλακτος</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">Il.9.225</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.4.87</span>, etc.; βιότου <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>605</span>; <b class="b3">λώβης τε καὶ αἴσχεος οὐκ ἐπιδευεῖς</b> [[lacking]] not scathe nor scorn, <span class="bibl">Il.13.622</span>; <b class="b3">τῶν πάντων ἐπιδευέες</b> (v.l.<b class="b3">-δεέες</b>) <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.130</span>: abs., <b class="b3">ὅς κ' ἐπιδευής</b> whoever be [[in want]], <span class="bibl">Il.5.481</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Parm.8.33</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span>. [[lacking]], [[failing]], <b class="b3">ἵνα μή τι δίκης ἐπιδευὲς ἔχῃσθα</b> that thou may'st have no point of right [[wanting]], <span class="bibl">Il.19.180</span>: c. gen., <b class="b3">βίης ἐπιδευέες</b> [[failing]] in strength, <span class="bibl">Od.21.185</span>; ἐ. θέσφατα μαντοσύνης <span class="bibl">A.R.2.315</span>: as Comp., <b class="b3">βίης ἐπιδευέες εἰμὲν ἀντιθέου Ὀδυσῆος</b> [[inferior to]] Ulysses in strength, <span class="bibl">Od.21.253</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>338</span>: and abs., <b class="b3">πολλὸν δ' ἐπιδευέες ἦμεν</b> far [[too]] [[weak]] were we, <span class="bibl">Od.24.171</span>: c. inf., <b class="b3">τεθνάκην ὀλίγω 'πιδεύης</b> cj. in Sapph.2.15.</span>