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