ὑποδεής

hypodees

somewhat deficient, inferior

Appears 6 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

Click a work to list every occurrence by Stephanus page — each links into the reader.

Alcibiades I 1
Open Alcibiades I ›
Chapter ?

104c3
Charmides 1
Open Charmides ›
Chapter ?

158a6
Euthydemus 1
Open Euthydemus ›
Chapter ?

289e5
Laws 1
Open Laws ›
Book VI 1
Chapter ?

773a4
Phaedrus 1
Open Phaedrus ›
Chapter ?

239a2
Timaeus 1
Open Timaeus ›
Chapter ?

65e1

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὑποδεής (A), ές, (δέομαι) A. somewhat deficient, inferior; used only in Comp. ὑποδεέστερος. I. of persons, lower in degree, Hdt. 1.91, 134; κυνίδια τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ τῇ γνώμῃ καὶ τῇ γλώσσῃ ὑ. X. Oec. 13.8. b. younger, PMasp. 23.16 (vi A. D.), PLond. 5.1708.37 (vi A. D.). 2. of things, ἐκ πολλῷ ὑποδεεστέρων with resources much inferior, Th. 2.89; αὐτὸς ἑωυτοῦ ῥέει -έστερος, of the Nile, Hdt. 2.25; τέχνη ἐκείνης -τέρα Pl. Euthd. 289e; δηλοῦται . . ὑποδεέστερα ὄντα τῆς φήμης inferior to report, i. e. exaggerated, Th. 1.11; ἔστι δὲ τοῦτο ὑ., of bee-bread, Arist. HA 623b24. II. Adv. -εστέρως Th. 8.87, Antipho 4.4.6: neut. pl. ὑποδεέστερα as Adv., Id. 3.3.9.

‹ All lexicon entries