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.