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ἐνδεής 1 adj2 ἐνδέω

1.in need of a thing, c. gen., Hdt., attic
2.absol. in need, indigent, Xen., Plat., etc.
b.lacking, deficient, mostly in comp., Hdt., Thuc.; τινι in a thing, id=Thuc.:— τὸ ἐνδεές lack, want, defect, deficiency, id=Thuc.
3.inferior to, c. gen., Xen.; τῆς δυνάμεως ἐνδεᾶ πρᾶξαι to act short of your real power, Thuc.; τούτου ἐνδεᾶ ἐφαίνετο (sc. τὰ πράγματα) their power was unequal to the purpose, id=Thuc.
4.insufficient, id=Thuc.:—adv., ἐνδεῶς, defectively, insufficiently, Plat.; μὴ ἐνδεῶς γνῶναι to judge not insufficiently, Thuc.

1 ἐνδεής, ές

2 e)nde hs_es,suff_acc

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