ἐνδεής
ἐνδεής
ἐνδεής, ές
ἐνδέω
in need of a thing, c. gen., Hdt., Attic
absol. in need, indigent, Xen., Plat., etc.
lacking, deficient, mostly in comp., Hdt., Thuc.; τινι in a thing, Thuc.:— τὸ ἐνδεές lack, want, defect, deficiency, Thuc.
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, Thuc.
insufficient, Thuc.:—adv., ἐνδεῶς, defectively, insufficiently, Plat.; μὴ ἐνδεῶς γνῶναι to judge not insufficiently, Thuc.