ἐπι-δευής , ές (ἐπιδεύομαι):
in need of, lacking, inferior to;
δαιτός, Il.
9.225; w. two genitives (and illustrating both meanings at
once), βίης ἐπιδευέες εἰμὲν
Ὀδυσῆος, Od.
21.253.—Adv., ἐπιδευὲς ἔχειν
δίκης, ‘fail of,’ Il. 19.180.