Scaife ATLAS

Back to dictionaries

LSJ

δέδορκα
δεδρίομεν
δεείλη
δέελος
δέημα
δεησίδιον
δέημος
δέησις
δεητέον
δεητικός
δεῖ
Δεῖα
δεία
δεῖγμα
δειγματίζω
δειγματισμός
δειγματοάρτης
δειγματοκαταγωγία
δειγματοκαταγωγός
δείδεκτο
δειδέχθαι
View word page
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.
3). abs. with inf. understood, μὴ πεῖθ’ ἃ μὴ δεῖ (sc. πείθειν) S. OC 1442 , cf. OT 1273 ; εἴ τι δέοι, ἤν τι δέῃ (sc. γενέσθαι), X. Mem. 1.2.59 , Th. 1.44 ; κἂν δέῃ (sc. τροχάζειν) , τροχάζῶ Philetaer. 3 .
II). c. gen. rei, there is need of, freq. with neg., οὐδὲν ἂν δέοι πολλοῦ ἀργυρίου Pl. Cri. 45a , etc.; τί δεῖ τῆς ἀρετῆς; Arist. Pol. 1309b10 ; sts. with inf. added, μακροῦ λόγου δεῖ ταῦτ’ ἐπεξελθεῖν A. Pr. 870 , cf. 875 , Supp. 407 .
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 .
2). with dat. pers. added, δεῖ μοί τινος A. Ag. 848 , E. Med. 565 , Th. 1.71 , etc.
3). with acc. pers. added, αὐτὸν γάρ σε δεῖ προμηθέως A. Pr. 86 , cf. E. Rh. 837 , Hipp. 23 .
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 .
III). Med., δεῖται there is need, c. gen., δεῖταί σοι τῆς αὐτῆς ἐρωτήσεως Pl. Men. 79c ; ὅσων δέοιτο Aen.Tact. 13.1 ; ἑτέρου δεῖσθαι στρατηγοῦ νομίζων Plu. Pel. 26 : c. inf., ὥστε βραχἔ ἐμοὶ δεῖσθαι φράσαι S. OC 570 (codd.); δεήσεται .. ἀναγράφεσθαι Aen.Tact. 31.9 ; τήν μευ γλῶσσαν ἐκτεμεῖν δεῖται Herod. 6.41 .
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

Debugging

Headword:
δεῖ
Headword (normalized):
δεῖ
Headword (normalized/stripped):
δει
IDX:
23630
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-23631
Key:

Data

{'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. &lt;μ’&gt; 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>'}