ἐπιδέω
epideo
want or lack of
Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐπιδέω (B), fut. -δεήσω,
‹ All lexicon entries want or lack of a number, τετρακοσίας μυριάδας . . ἐπιδεούσας ἑπτὰ χιλιάδων 7.28: generally, to be in need of, 1.8; τῆς τέχνης ἂν μόνον ἐπιδέοι would need nothing further but his skill, Lg. 709d: impers., ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἄλλης ἐπιδέῃ βοηθείας 6.63.
II. Med., to be in want of, τινός 1.32, Smp. 204a, Smp. 8.16, etc.; ἀρχὴν τριάκοντα ἐπιδεομένην ἡμερῶν lacking thirty days of its expiry, Lg. 766c.
2. request, PMag.Lond. 121.546.