καταδεής

katadees

wanting in, lacking

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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De Audibilibus 1
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Chapter 1 800a1–804b39

802b4
De Mundo 1
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Chapter 6 397b7–401a11

398b2
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 7 1158b11–1159a11

1159a2
Poetics 1
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Chapter 6 1449b21–1450b20

1450a31

Dictionary (LSJ)

καταδεής(A), ές, (καταδέω B) A. wanting in, lacking, c. gen., χρημάτων κ. ἀγγήϊα Hdt. 2.121.βʹ: abs., of persons, needy, v.l. for ἐπιδεής, D. 10.36; κ. τάφος a sorry, shabby burial, Pl. Lg. 719e; κ. τὴν ἡλικίαν under age, POxy. 54.2 (iii A. D.). 2. more freq. in Comp., καταδεέστερος weaker, inferior, Isoc. 2.7, D. 27.2, Phld. Piet. 7, etc.; καταδεέστερός τινος τῷ τάχει, πρὸς τὸ φρονεῖν, Isoc. 3.5,5.18, cf. Thphr. Char.Prooem. 3. II. Adv. -δεῶς, mostly in Comp., καταδεέστερον Isoc. 5.84, 6.67; -τέρως Id. 12.37; -τέρως ἔχειν περί τι to be very ill off in a thing, D. 48.55; τῶν ἀντιδίκων -τέρως ἔχειν πρὸς τὸ λέγειν Arist. Rh.Al. 1442a16.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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