ἐνδεής
endees
wanting
Appears 48 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐνδεής, ές, neut. pl. ἐνδεᾶ: (ἐνδέω B):—A. wanting or lacking in, in need of, c. gen., ἐ. εἶναι or γεγενῆσθαί τινος, 1.32, 5.77; ἑνός μοι μῦθος ἐ. ἔτι Hec. 835; πολλῶν ἐ., opp. αὐτάρκης, R. 369b; ποιητοῦ δʼ ἐστὶν ἐ. . . πρὸς τὸ ἐπιδεῖξαι, caret vate sacro, Smp. 195d, cf. Lg. 697e; σμικροῦ τινος ἐ. εἰμι πάντʼ ἔχειν Prt. 329b. 2. abs., in want, in need, HG 6.1.3 codd., etc. b. lacking, deficient, freq. in Comp., ἐνδεέστερα πράγματα 7.48; φαίνεται ἐνδεεστέρα [ἡ στρατεία] 1.10; -εστέρα παρασκευή 4.65; ἐνδεέστεροι ταῖς οὐσίαις 4.105; also in Posit., οὐδὲν ἐνδεὲς ποιεῖσθαι leave nothing unsaid, Ph. 375; τοῦτο πολλῷ τοῦ παρόντος ἐνδεές Heracl. 170; μηδὲν ἐνδεὲς λίπῃς Ph. 385; ἐνδεὲς φαίνεταί τι 5.9; ἐνδεές τι ἐν τῷ σώματι ἔχειν Cyr. 8.1.40; ἐ. τὸν βίον 592; τὴν ὄψιν DMar. 1.2; τὸ ἐ. lack, want, defect, = ἔνδεια, 1.77; τὸ αὐτῶν ἐ. their deficiency, 3.83. 3. inferior, τὰ κρείσσω μηδὲ τἀνδεᾶ λέγειν the worse, OC 1430; γένει οὐδενὸς ἐνδεής HG 7.1.23; τῆς δυνάμεως ἐνδεᾶ πρᾶξαι to act short of your real power, 1.70; τούτου ἐνδεᾶ ἐφαίνετο (sc. τἃ πράγματα) their power was unequal to the purpose, ib.102: Comp. ἐνδεέστερός τινος Ph. 524; τῆς δόξης 2.11; αὑτοῦ Cic. 35. 4. inadequate, insufficient, πρός τι Prt. 322b; ἐ. ξυνθῆκαι 8.36. 5. Gramm., defective, Synt. 239.18. 6. Adv. ἐνδεῶς defectively, insufficiently, opp. ἱκανῶς, Phd. 88e, R. 523e; ἐ. ἔχειν τινός to be in want of, Fr. 898.8; τῶν ἀναγκαίων Nic. 27; μὴ ἐνδεῶς γνῶναι judge not insufficiently, 2.40: Comp. ἐνδεεστέρως παρεῖχεν ἢ πρὸς τὴν ἐξουσίαν less than, 4.39; ἐ. πρὸς ἃ βούλεται δηλοῦσθαι 2.35; ἐ. ἔχειν Phd. 74e; ἐ. ἢ προσῆκεν τιμωρήσασθαι Epist. Philipp. ap. 12.12: rarely -έστερον Synt. 209.21.
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