déō

Aus uhel. *deyō, aus uig *deh₁-. Verwandte Wörter sind Sanskrit द्यति dyati, Avestan 𐬥𐬍𐬛𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬙𐬄𐬨 (nīdiiātąm) und Albanisch duaj.

δέω • (déō)

to bind, tie, fasten, fetter [ quotations ▼]
1. (figuratively) [ quotations ▼]
2. (middle voice) to tie onto oneself [ quotations ▼]
3. (with genitive) to hinder from [ quotations ▼]
4. (medicine) to brace [ quotations ▼]

Früher *δέϝω (*déwō): Herkunft ungewiss. Entweder aus uhel. *dew- oder uig. *dews-. Wenn letzteres, dann verwandt mit Sanskrit दोष doṣa.

Alternative forms δεύω (deúō) — Aeolic, Epic

δέω • (déō)

to lack, need, require [+genitive = something, someone] [ quotations ▼]
1. with πολλοῦ (polloû) to be far from being able to do [+infinitive = something] [ quotations ▼]
2. participle δέων (déōn)
  1. modifying a noun, with genitive of the number by which something is less than another thing: lacking a number: a number less than something, something minus a number; often used to express numbers ending in 8 or 9 [ quotations ▼]
  2. with both the participle and the number in the genitive: genitive absolute: with a number lacking, a number less than [ quotations ▼]
(middle voice, never impersonal, transitive) to lack, not have, or need [+genitive = something] [ quotations ▼]
1. (intransitive) to need [+infinitive = to do something] [ quotations ▼]
2. (intransitive) to be in need
  οἱ δεόμενοι

1. (transitive) to beg [+two genitives = something from someone]; [+genitive and infinitive = someone to do something] [ quotations ▼]
(construction)
1. (peculiar Attic phrase)
  1. (οἴομαι δεῖν) to hold it necessary, think it one's duty [ quotations ▼]

The third person and non-finite forms are also used impersonally: see δεῖ (deî).

Other forms: δεοῦμαι (deoûmai) for δεήσομαι (deḗsomai) (Doric: Epicharmus, Collected Works 120).