ἐνδεής

ἐνδε-ής, ές, neut. pl. ἐνδεᾶ: (ἐνδέω B):—

A wanting or lacking in, in need of, c. gen., ἐ. εἶναι or γεγενῆσθαί τινος, Hdt.1.32, Antipho 5.77;

ἑνός μοι μῦθος ἐ. ἔτι E.Hec.835

; πολλῶν ἐ., opp. αὐτάρκης, Pl.R.369b; ποιητοῦ δ' ἐστὶν ἐ. . . πρὸς τὸ ἐπιδεῖξαι, caret vate sacro, Id.Smp.195d, cf. Lg.697e;

σμικροῦ τινος ἐ. εἰμι πάντ' ἔχειν Id.Prt. 329b

.

2 abs., in want, in need, X.HG6.1.3 codd., etc.

b lacking, deficient, freq. in [comp] Comp.,

ἐνδεέστερα πράγματα Hdt.7.48

; φαίνεται ἐνδεεστέρα [ἡ στρατεία] Th.1.10;

-εστέρα παρασκευή Id.4.65

;

ἐνδεέστεροι ταῖς οὐσίαις Isoc.4.105

; also in Posit., οὐδὲν ἐνδεὲς ποιεῖσθαι leave nothing unsaid, S.Ph.375;

τοῦτο πολ ῷ τοῦ παρόντος ἐνδεές E.Heracl. 170

;

μηδὲν ἐνδεὲς λίπῃς Id.Ph.385

;

ἐνδεὲς φαίνεταί τι Th.5.9

;

ἐνδεές τι ἐν τῷ σώματι ἔχειν X.Cyr.8.1.40

;

ἐ. τὸν βίον Men.592

;

τὴν ὄψιν Luc.DMar.1.2

; τὸ ἐ. lack, want, defect, = ἔνδεια, Th.1.77; τὸ αὐτῶν ἐ. their deficiency, Id.3.83.

3 inferior, τὰ κρείσσω μηδὲ τἀνδεᾶ λέγειν the worse, S.OC1430;

γένει οὐδενὸς ἐνδεής X.HG7.1.23

; τῆς δυνάμεως ἐνδεᾶ πρᾶξαι to act short of your real power, Th.1.70; τούτου ἐνδεᾶ ἐφαίνετο (sc. τἃ πράγματα) their power was unequal to the purpose, ib.102: [comp] Comp.

ἐνδεέστερός τινος S.Ph.524

;

τῆς δόξης Th.2.11

;

αὑτοῦ Plu.Cic.35

.

4 inadequate, insufficient,

πρός τι Pl.Prt.322b

;

ἐ. ξυνθῆκαι Th.8.36

.

5 Gramm., defective, A.D.Synt.239.18.

6 Adv. ἐνδεῶς defectively, insufficiently, opp. ἱκανῶς, Pl.Phd.88e, R.523e; ἐ. ἔχειν τινός to be in want of, E.Fr.898.8;

τῶν ἀναγκαίων Plu.Nic.27

; μὴ ἐνδεῶς γνῶναι judge not insufficiently, Th.2.40: [comp] Comp. ἐνδεεστέρως παρεῖχεν ἢ πρὸς τὴν ἐξουσίαν less than, Id.4.39;

ἐ. πρὸς ἃ βούλεται δηλοῦσθαι Id.2.35

;

ἐ. ἔχειν Pl.Phd.74e

; ἐ. ἢ προσῆκεν τιμωρήσασθαι Epist. Philipp. ap. D.12.12: rarely

-έστερον A.D.Synt.209.21

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