ἐνδεής
Alt. ἐνδεής, ές
Gram. adj e)nde hs_es,suff_acc
Etym. ἐνδέω
1. "in need of" a thing, c. gen., Hdt., attic
2. absol. "in need, indigent", Xen., Plat., etc.
b. "lacking, deficient", mostly in comp., Hdt., Thuc.; τινι "in" a thing, id=Thuc.:— τὸ ἐνδεές "lack, want, defect, deficiency", id=Thuc.
3. "inferior to", c. gen., Xen.; τῆς δυνάμεως ἐνδεᾶ πρᾶξαι to act "short of" your real power, Thuc.; τούτου ἐνδεᾶ ἐφαίνετο (sc. τὰ πράγματα) their power was "unequal" to the purpose, id=Thuc.
4. "insufficient", id=Thuc.:—adv., ἐνδεῶς, "defectively, insufficiently", Plat.; μὴ ἐνδεῶς γνῶναι to judge not "insufficiently", Thuc.