- δέω
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- Parse: Verb: Pres Act Ind/Subj 1st Sing
- Active Meaning:
- to bind, fasten, be in bonds, knit, tie, wind
- to incarcerate, imprison, tie up
- to stage a conspiracy
- Mid/Pass Meaning:
- to lack, miss, stand in need of a person or thing
- to be less, short (e.g., Quadratus says, "19½ years" as "20 years less 6 months")
- to be in want or need
- to be necessary
- to ask for a thing from a person
- to plead, pray, beseech, beg
- Note: There are two distinctly different words where the Pres Act Ind 1st Sing is δέω . One means "to tie" and has the future form δήσω . The other means "to need" and has the future form δεήσω
- Cognates:
αἰδέομαι, ἀναδέω, ἀποδέω, δέομαι, δέω, διαδέω, ἐκδέω, ἐνδέομαι, ἐνδέω, ἐξοιδέω, ἐπιδέω, καταδέω, καταιδέομαι, ληρωδέω, μελῳδέω, ὀρθοποδέω, περιδέω, προσδέομαι, προσδέω, συνδέω, ὑμνῳδέω, ὑποδέω, ψαλτῳδέω
Principle Parts Present Future Aorist δέω δεήσω ἐδέησα Perfect
ActivePerfect
Mid/PassAorist
Passiveδεδέηκα δεδέημαι ἐδεήθην - Forms: