A.entreaty, Lys.2.15 (pl.), Isoc.8.138 (pl.), Pl.Ep.329d (pl.), etc.; “δέομαι δ᾽ ὑμῶν . . δικαίαν δέησιν” D.29.4; “δεήσεις ποιεῖσθαι” Ev.Luc. 5.33, cf. Wilcken Chr.41 ii 12 (iii A.D.).
II. want, need, Antipho Soph.11; “ἐν ἐπιθυμίαις τε καὶ δεήσεσιν” Pl.Erx.405e; κατὰ τὰς δεήσεις according to their needs, Arist.Pol.1257a23; “δεήσεις εἰσὶν αἱ ὀρέξεις” Id.Rh.1385a22.