Bible Lexicons

δέω

(A), imper. 3 pl. δεόντων Od. 12.54 codd. (v. δίδημι): fut. δήσω: aor. ἔδησα, δῆσα Il. 21.30: pf. δέδεκα D. 24.207, v.l. δεδηκότας in Aeschin. 2.134: plpf. ἐδεδήκει And. 4.17 (prob.): — Med., impf. δέοντο Il. 18.553: aor. ἐδησάμην 24.340, al.; Ephesians 3:1-21 sg. δησάσκετο ib. 15: — Pass., fut. δεθήσομαι D. 24.126,131, etc., δεδήσομαι Pl. R. 361e, X. Cyr. 4.3.18; δεδέσομαι f.l. in Aristid. Or. 41(4).7: aor. ἐδέθην D. 24.132, etc.: pf. δέδεμαι (v. infr.): plpf. ἐδεδέμην And. 1.48; δέδετο Il. 5.387; Ion. 3 pl. ἐδεδέατο Hdt. 1.66, etc. — In this Verb, though a disyll., εο and εω are occas. contr. τὸ δοῦν, τῷ δοῦντι, Pl. Cra. 419b, 421c; δοῦσα Din. Fr. 89.15: —

I

1. bind, tie, fetter, δεσμῷ τινα δῆσαι Il. 10.443, etc.; ἐνὶ δεσμῷ 5.386, etc.; ἐν πέδαις (v.l. ἐς πέδας) Hdt. 5.77; δῆσε δ' ὀπίσσω χεῖρας.. ἱμᾶσιν Il. 21.30; δ. τινὰ χεῖράς τε πόδας τε Od. 12.50; δ. ἔκ τινος to bind from (i.e. to) a thing, ἐξ ἐπιδιφριάδος ἱμᾶσι δέδεντο Il. 10.475, cf. Hdt. 4.72; δῆσαί τινα ξύλῳ or ἐν ξύλῳ (cf. ξύλον 11.2); ἐν κλίμακι Ar. Ra. 619; δ. κύνα κλοιῷ tie a clog to a dog, Lex Solonisap. Plu. Sol. 24, cf. E. Cyc. 234; δ. τινὰ πρὸς φάραγγι A. Proverbs 15:1-33; πρὸς κίονα, κίονι, S. Aj. 108, 240 (lyr.); δεδεμένοι πρὸς ἀλλήλους Th. 4.47; δεδέσθαι ἐν τῆ ποδοκάκκῃ Lex Solonisap. D. 24.105.

2. alone, bind, keep in bonds, πῶς ἂν ἐγώ σε δέοιμι; says Hephaistos, pointing to the nets in which he had caught Ares, Od. 8.352; αὐτὸς δ' ἔδησε πατέρα A. Eu. 641; δήσαντες ἔχειν τινάς Th. 1.30; δησάντων αὐτὸν οἱ ἕνδεκα Lex ap. D. 24.105, etc.

3. metaph., bind, enchain, γλῶσσα δέ οἱ δέδεται Thgn. 178; κέρδει καὶ σοφία δέδεται Pi. P. 3.54; ψυχὰ δ. λύπῃ E. Hipp. 160 (lyr.); later, bind by spells, τὸ στόμα AP 11.138 (Lucill.), cf. Tab.Defix. 96,108.

4. c. gen., hinder from a thing, ἔδησε κελεύθου Od. 4.380, 469.

5. Medic., harden, brace up, Hp. Off. 17, etc.

II Med., bind, tie, put on oneself, ποσσὶ δ' ὑπὸ λιπαροῖσιν ἐδήσατο καλὰ πέδιλα tied them on his feet, Il. 2.44, etc.: — Pass., περὶ δὲ κνήμῃσι βοείας κνημῖδας.. δέδετο he had greaves bound round his legs, Od. 24.228. (Cf. Skt. ditá 'bound', dâ´ma 'bond'.)

δέω

1. (B), A. Pr. 1006, etc.: fut. δεήσω Pl. R. 395e: aor. ἐδέησα Lys. 30.8, δῆσα only Il. 18.100: pf. δεδέηκα Pl. Plt. 277d: — Med., fut. δεήσομαι Th. 1.32, etc., Dor. δεοῦμαι Epich. 120; later -ηθήσομαι LXX Job 5:8, Plu. 2.213c, etc.: aor. ἐδεήθην Hdt. 4.84, Ar. Pl. 986, etc.: pf. δεδέημαι X. An. 7.7.14, Isaiah 8:22 (the forms δεήσω, etc., compared with the ἐδεύησα, δεύομαι, point to [ροοτ ]δεϝ): — lack, miss, stand in need of, c. gen., ἐμεῖο δὲ δῆσε.. ἀλκτῆρα γενέσθαι Il. l.c. (elsewh. Hom. uses δεύω, q.v.); παραδείγματος τὸ παράδειγμα αὐτὸ δεδέηκεν Pl. Plt. 277d, cf. X. Mem. 4.2.10.

2. freq. in Att., πολλοῦ δέω I want much, i.e. am far from, mostly c. inf. pres., πολλοῦ δ. ἀπολογεῖσθαι I am far from defending myself, Pl. Ap. 30d; πολλοῦ δεῖς εἰπεῖν Id. Men. 79b; π. δ. ἀγνοεῖν Id. Ly. 204e; π. γε δέουσι μαίνεσθαι Id. Men. 92a; also μικροῦ ἔδεον ἐν χερσὶν εἶναι X. HG 4.6.11, cf. Men. Georg. 25; τοσούτου δέω ἱκανὸς εἶναι λέγειν ὥστε.. Lys. 17.1; τοσούτου δέουσι μιμεῖσθαι Isoc. 14.17 (also τοσοῦτον δέω εἰδέναι Pl. Men. 71a); παρὰ μικρὸν ἐδέησα ἀποθανεῖν v.l. in Isoc. 17.42; simply ἐδέησα κινδύνῳ περιπεσεῖν Alciphr. 3.5: abs., πολλοῦ γε δέω I am far from it, Pl. Phdr. 228a; τοῦ παντὸς δέω A. Pr. 1006; παντὸς δεῖ τοιοῦτος εἶναι Pl. Sph. 221d (impers. πολλοῦ δεῖ, etc., v. δεῖ 11.1. b): in part., παλαστῆς δεόντων τεττάρων ποδῶν IG 12.373.8; μικροῦ δέοντα τέτταρα τάλαντα D. 27.35; the part. is freq. used to express numerals compounded with 8 or 9, ἀνδράσιν ἑνὸς δέουσι τριάκοντα IG 12.374.413; δυοῖν δέοντα τεσσεράκοντα forty lacking two, thirty-eight, Hdt. 1.14; πεντήκοντα δυοῖν δέοντα ἔτη Th. 2.2; ἑνὸς δέον εἰκοστὸν ἔτος the 20t h year save one, the 19t h, Id. 8.6; δυοῖν δεούσαις εἴκοσι ναυσίν X. HG 1.1.5: later, the inf. stands abs., περὶ τὰ ἑνὸς δεῖν πεντήκοντα fifty save one, Arist. Rh. 1390b11: part. in gen., τροφαλίδες μιᾶς δεούσης εἴκοσιν Id. HA 522a31; πόλεων δυοῖν δεούσαιν ἑξήκοντα D.L. 5.27; ἑξήκοντα ἑνὸς δέοντος ἔτη Plu. Pomp. 79.

3. part. δέων, δέουσα, as Adj., fit, proper, ὁ καιρὸς οὐκ ἔστι χρόνος δέων Arist. APr. 48b36; τοῖς δέουσι χρόνοις IG 12(3).247.11 (Anaphe); ἡ δέουσα ἑκάστων χρῆσις Hierocl.p.61 A., etc.: esp.freq.in neut., v. δέον.

4. δεῖ impers., v. h. v.

II D δέομαι: contr. δῆσθε Sophr. 46, part. δεύμενος Id. 36: fut. δεήσομαι Pl. Phlb. 53b: aor. ἐδεήθην: always personal, and used by Hom. only in form δεύομαι (v. δεύω B):

1 abs., to be in want or need, require, mostly in part., κάρτα δεόμενος Hdt. 8.59; οἱ δεόμενοι the needy, opp. οἱ κεκτημένοι τὰς οὐσίας, Isoc. 6.67. stand in need of, want, c. gen., Hdt. 1.36, etc.; τὰ σὰ δεῖται κολαστοῦ.. ἔπη S. OT 1148; ῥώμης τινὸς δ. ib. 1293; οὐδὲν δεῖσθαι τροφῆς have no need of.., Th. 8.43; ἤν τι δέωνται βασιλέως if they have any need of him, ib. 37: c. inf., τοῦτο ἔτι δέομαι μαθεῖν Pl. R. 392d, cf. Euthd. 275d, etc.; τὰ πράττεσθαι δεόμενα things needing to be done, X. Cyr. 2.3.3; τὰ δεόμενα necessaries, IG 2.573.4; ἐπισκευάσαι τὰ δεόμενα parts needing repair, ib.22.1176.15; τὸ δεόμενον the point threatened, Plb. 15.15.7; δεῖται impers., v. δεῖ.

2. beg a thing from a person, c. dupl. gen. rei et pers., τῶν ἐδέετο σφέων Hdt. 3.157, cf. Th. 1.32, etc.; μή μου δεηθῇς. ΘΗ. πράγματος ποίου; S. OC 1170: freq. with neut. Pron. in acc., τοῦτο ὑμῶν δέομαι Pl. Revelation 17:1-18 c, cf. Smp. 173e, etc.: c. acc. cogn., δέημα, or oftener δέησιν, δεῖσθαί τινος, Ar. Ach. 1059, Aeschin. 2.43, etc.: also c. acc. rei only, ξύμφορα δ. Th. 1.32; δυνατά τινος Pl. Prt. 335e; δίκαια καὶ μέτρια ὑμῶν D. 38.2; διαπράξωμαι ἃ δέομαι X. An. 2.3.29: with gen. pers. only, δεηθεὶς ὑμῶν having begged a favour of you, D. 21.108: c.gen.pers. et inf., ἐδέετο τοῦ δήμου φυλακῆς πρὸς αὐτοῦ κυρῆσαι Hdt. 1.59, cf. Pl. Prt. 336a, etc.; δ. τινὸς ὥστε.. Th. 1.119; ὅπως.. Plu. Ant. 84: rarely c. acc. pers., ἐδέοντο Βοιωτοὺς ὅπως παραδώσουσι Th. 5.36: parenthetic, δέομαι I pray, LXX Genesis 44:18.