δεῖ
δεῖ: subj.
δέη, sts. contr.
δῆ (in codd. of Com., as
Ar. Ra. 265 );
A). ὁπόσου κα δῆ IG 4.1484.65 (Epid.), cf.
SIG 245 G 47 (Delph.); opt.
δέοι Th. 4.4 ; inf.
δεῖν; part.
δέον (v. infr. IV): impf.
ἔδει, Ion.
ἔδεε: fut.
δεήσει E. Hipp. 941 , etc.: aor. I
ἐδέησε Th. 2.77 , etc.—Impers. from
δέω (A),
there is need (the sense of moral obligation, prop. belonging to
χρή, is later,
S. Ph. 583 , etc.):
I). c.acc.pers.et inf.,
it is needful for one to do,
one must, once in
Hom.,
τί δὲ δεῖ πολεμιζέμεναι .. Ἀργείους why
need the Argives fight?
Il. 9.337 ;
δ. <μ’> ἐλθεῖν Pi. O. 6.28 , etc.: with nom. of the Pron.,
ἡγούμην .. δεῖν .. μεγαλοψυχότερος φαίνεσθαι D. 19.235 : rarely
δεῖ σ’ ὅπως δείξεις, =
δεῖ σε δεῖξαι ,
S. Aj. 556 , cf.
Ph. 54 ;
δεῖ σ’ ὅπως μηδὲν διοίσεις Cratin. 108 ; (the full constr. in
S. Ph. 77 τοῦτο δεῖ σοφισθῆναι .. ὅπως γενήσῃ): rarely c. dat. pers.,
there is need of .. for ..,
θεοῖσι προσβαλεῖν χθονὶ ἄλλην δεήσει γαῖαν E. Hipp. 941 , cf.
X. An. 3.4.35 ,
Oec. 7.20 : the acc. pers. is often omitted,
ἐκ τῶν μανθάνειν δεῖ (sc.
ἡμᾶς)
Hdt. 1.8 , cf.
A. Ag. 567 ,
Eu. 826 , etc.
2). c. acc. rei et inf.,
δεῖ τι γενέσθαι Th. 5.26 ;
παραδείγματα, καθ’ ἃ δέοι ἀποκρίνεσθαι Pl. Men. 79a , etc.; also
ἐπεὶ δέ οἱ ἔδεε κακῶς γενέσθαι since
it was fated for him .., since he
was doomed .., Hdt. 2.161 , cf.
8.53 ,
9.109 ,
S. OT 825 ; for
οἴομαι δεῖν, v.
οἴομαι. b). freq. in phrases,
πολλοῦ δεῖ there wants much, far from it, ὀλίγου δεῖ there wants little, all but; in full c. inf.,
πολλοῦ δεῖ οὕτως ἔχειν Pl. Ap. 35d ;
τοὺς Πλαταιέας ἐλαχίστου ἐδέησε διαφθεῖραι [τὸ πῦρ] Th. 2.77 ;
πολλοῦ γε δεῖ, πολλοῦ γε καὶ δεῖ Ar. Ach. 543 ,
D. 18.300 ,
21.71 ;
τοῦ πλεῦνος αἰεὶ ἔδεε there was always further
to travel, Hdt. 4.43 ;
τοῦ παντὸς δεῖ Luc. Merc.Cond. 13 : also
ὀλίγου δεῖν abs., in same sense,
Pl. Ap. 22a , etc.;
μικροῦ δεῖν D. 27.29 .
4). rarely with Subj. in nom.,
δεῖ μοί τι something
is needful to me,
ἓν δεῖ μόνον μοι E. Supp. 594 ;
εἴ τι δέοι τῷ χορῷ Antipho 6.12 ;
πρῶτον μὲν τοῦτο δεῖ, ὑπειληφέναι .. D. 10.15 .
IV). neut. part.
δέον (
δεῖν is dub. in
Ar. Fr. 220 ,
Lys. 14.7 , cf.
A.D. Adv. 132.30 , Hdn.Gr.
2.328 , al.,
Hsch.): abs.,
it being needful or
fitting, Pl. Prt. 355d , etc.;
οὐκ ἀπήντα, δέον, he did not appear in court,
though he ought to have done so, D. 21.90 : c. inf.,
Ar. Nu. 988 ;
οὐδὲν δέον there being no
need, Hdt. 3.65 , etc.: fut.
ὡς αὐτίκα δεῆσον διώκειν X. Cyr. 3.2.8 : aor.
δεῆσαν Plu. Fab. 9 , etc.: also
δέον ἂν εἴη, =
δέοι ἄν ,
Plb. 2.37.5 , etc.: less freq. gen. abs.
δέοντος, c. acc. inf.,
Corn. ND 17 .
2). Subst. δέον, τό (v. sub voc.).
ShortDef
it is necessary
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">δεῖ</span>: subj. <span class="foreign greek">δέη,</span> sts. contr. <span class="foreign greek">δῆ</span> (in codd. of Com., as <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:265" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:265/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 265 </a>); <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">ὁπόσου κα δῆ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 4.1484.65 </span> (Epid.), cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 245 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">G</span> 47 </span> (Delph.); opt. <span class="quote greek">δέοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.4 </a> ; inf. <span class="foreign greek">δεῖν;</span> part. <span class="foreign greek">δέον</span> (v. infr. IV): impf. <span class="foreign greek">ἔδει,</span> Ion. <span class="foreign greek">ἔδεε</span>: fut. <span class="quote greek">δεήσει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:941" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:941/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 941 </a> , etc.: aor. I <span class="quote greek">ἐδέησε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:77" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.77/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.77 </a> , etc.—Impers. from <span class="foreign greek">δέω</span> (A), <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">there is need</span> (the sense of moral obligation, prop. belonging to <span class="foreign greek">χρή,</span> is later, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:583" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:583/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 583 </a>, etc.): </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>I).</strong></span> c.acc.pers.et inf., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">it is needful for</span> one to do, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">one must,</span> once in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, <span class="foreign greek">τί δὲ δεῖ πολεμιζέμεναι .. Ἀργείους</span> why <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">need</span> the Argives fight? <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:337" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.337/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 9.337 </a>; <span class="quote greek">δ. <μ’> ἐλθεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 6.28 </a> , etc.: with nom. of the Pron., <span class="quote greek">ἡγούμην .. δεῖν .. μεγαλοψυχότερος φαίνεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:235" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:235/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 19.235 </a> : rarely <span class="foreign greek">δεῖ σ’ ὅπως δείξεις,</span> = <span class="ref greek">δεῖ σε δεῖξαι</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:556" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:556/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 556 </a>, cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:54/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 54 </a>; <span class="quote greek">δεῖ σ’ ὅπως μηδὲν διοίσεις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:108" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:108/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cratin.</span> 108 </a> ; (the full constr. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:77" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:77/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 77 </a> <span class="foreign greek">τοῦτο δεῖ σοφισθῆναι .. ὅπως γενήσῃ</span>): rarely c. dat. pers., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">there is need of ..</span> for .., <span class="quote greek">θεοῖσι προσβαλεῖν χθονὶ ἄλλην δεήσει γαῖαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:941" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:941/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 941 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:4:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:4:35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 3.4.35 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:7:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:7.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Oec.</span> 7.20 </a>: the acc. pers. is often omitted, <span class="foreign greek">ἐκ τῶν μανθάνειν δεῖ</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">ἡμᾶς</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.8 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:567" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:567/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 567 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:826" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:826/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 826 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> c. acc. rei et inf., <span class="quote greek">δεῖ τι γενέσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 5.26 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">παραδείγματα, καθ’ ἃ δέοι ἀποκρίνεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg024:79a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg024:79a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Men.</span> 79a </a> , etc.; also <span class="foreign greek">ἐπεὶ δέ οἱ ἔδεε κακῶς γενέσθαι</span> since <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">it was fated</span> for him .., since he <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">was doomed ..,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:161" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.161/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.161 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.53/canonical-url/"> 8.53 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:109" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.109/canonical-url/"> 9.109 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:825" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:825/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 825 </a>; for <span class="foreign greek">οἴομαι δεῖν,</span> v. <span class="ref greek">οἴομαι.</span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> abs. with inf. understood, <span class="foreign greek">μὴ πεῖθ’ ἃ μὴ δεῖ</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">πείθειν</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1442" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1442/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1442 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1273" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1273/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1273 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">εἴ τι δέοι, ἤν τι δέῃ</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">γενέσθαι</span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:2:59" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:2:59/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 1.2.59 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.44 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">κἂν δέῃ</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">τροχάζειν</span>) <span class="quote greek">, τροχάζῶ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0489.tlg001:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0489.tlg001:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philetaer.</span> 3 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> c. gen. rei, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">there is need of,</span> freq. with neg., <span class="quote greek">οὐδὲν ἂν δέοι πολλοῦ ἀργυρίου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg003.perseus-grc1:45a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg003.perseus-grc1:45a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cri.</span> 45a </a> , etc.; <span class="quote greek">τί δεῖ τῆς ἀρετῆς;</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1309b:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1309b.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1309b10 </a> ; sts. with inf. added, <span class="quote greek">μακροῦ λόγου δεῖ ταῦτ’ ἐπεξελθεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:870" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:870/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 870 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:875" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:875/canonical-url/"> 875 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:407" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:407/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 407 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> freq. in phrases, <span class="foreign greek">πολλοῦ δεῖ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">there wants much, far from it,</span> <span class="foreign greek">ὀλίγου δεῖ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">there wants little, all but;</span> in full c. inf., <span class="quote greek">πολλοῦ δεῖ οὕτως ἔχειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:35d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:35d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ap.</span> 35d </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τοὺς Πλαταιέας ἐλαχίστου ἐδέησε διαφθεῖραι [τὸ πῦρ]</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:77" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.77/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.77 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πολλοῦ γε δεῖ, πολλοῦ γε καὶ δεῖ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:543" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:543/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 543 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:300" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:300/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.300 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:71/canonical-url/"> 21.71 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τοῦ πλεῦνος αἰεὶ ἔδεε</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">there was</span> always further <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to travel,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:43" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.43/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.43 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τοῦ παντὸς δεῖ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg033:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg033:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Merc.Cond.</span> 13 </a> : also <span class="foreign greek">ὀλίγου δεῖν</span> abs., in same sense, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ap.</span> 22a </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">μικροῦ δεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg027.perseus-grc1:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg027.perseus-grc1:29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 27.29 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> with dat. pers. added, <span class="quote greek">δεῖ μοί τινος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:848" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:848/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 848 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:565" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:565/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 565 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.71/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.71 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> with acc. pers. added, <span class="quote greek">αὐτὸν γάρ σε δεῖ προμηθέως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:86" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:86/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 86 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:837" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:837/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 837 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:23/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 23 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> rarely with Subj. in nom., <span class="foreign greek">δεῖ μοί τι</span> something <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">is needful</span> to me, <span class="quote greek">ἓν δεῖ μόνον μοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:594" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:594/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 594 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἴ τι δέοι τῷ χορῷ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg006.perseus-grc1:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg006.perseus-grc1:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 6.12 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πρῶτον μὲν τοῦτο δεῖ, ὑπειληφέναι ..</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg010.perseus-grc1:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg010.perseus-grc1:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 10.15 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> Med., <span class="foreign greek">δεῖται</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">there is need,</span> c. gen., <span class="quote greek">δεῖταί σοι τῆς αὐτῆς ἐρωτήσεως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg024:79c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg024:79c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Men.</span> 79c </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὅσων δέοιτο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0058.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0058.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aen.Tact.</span> 13.1 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἑτέρου δεῖσθαι στρατηγοῦ νομίζων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg021:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg021:26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pel.</span> 26 </a> : c. inf., <span class="quote greek">ὥστε βραχἔ ἐμοὶ δεῖσθαι φράσαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:570" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:570/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 570 </a> (codd.); <span class="quote greek">δεήσεται .. ἀναγράφεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0058.tlg001.perseus-grc1:31:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0058.tlg001.perseus-grc1:31.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aen.Tact.</span> 31.9 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τήν μευ γλῶσσαν ἐκτεμεῖν δεῖται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:6:41" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:6.41/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herod.</span> 6.41 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> neut. part. <span class="orth greek">δέον </span>( <span class="orth greek">δεῖν</span> is dub. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:220" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:220/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 220 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg014.perseus-grc1:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg014.perseus-grc1:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 14.7 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg002:132:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg002:132.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.D.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Adv.</span> 132.30 </a>, Hdn.Gr.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg002:2:328" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg002:2.328/canonical-url/"> 2.328 </a>, al., <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span></span>): abs., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">it being needful</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fitting,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:355d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:355d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prt.</span> 355d </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">οὐκ ἀπήντα, δέον,</span> he did not appear in court, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">though he ought to have done so,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:90" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:90/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.90 </a>: c. inf., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:988" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:988/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 988 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">οὐδὲν δέον</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">there being</span> no <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">need,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:65" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.65/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.65 </a>, etc.: fut. <span class="quote greek">ὡς αὐτίκα δεῆσον διώκειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:3:2:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:3:2:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 3.2.8 </a> : aor. <span class="quote greek">δεῆσαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg013:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg013:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fab.</span> 9 </a> , etc.: also <span class="foreign greek">δέον ἂν εἴη,</span> = <span class="ref greek">δέοι ἄν</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:37:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:37:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 2.37.5 </a>, etc.: less freq. gen. abs. <span class="foreign greek">δέοντος,</span> c. acc. inf., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0654.tlg002:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0654.tlg002:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Corn.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">ND</span> 17 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> Subst. <span class="orth greek">δέον</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span> (v. sub voc.).</div> </div><br><br>'}