- δέω 2
- δέω 2.Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `miss, want, need', δέομαι also `ask'.Other forms: δέομαι (Ion.-Att.), δεύω, δεύομαι (Aeol., ep. Il.), unpers. δεῖ, δεύει, aor. δεῆσαι, δεηθῆναι, ep. ἐδεύησεν (ι 483 = 540; δῆσεν Σ 100, if correct, innov. to δεῖ), fut. δευήσομαιDerivatives: δέησις `need, request' (Att.) with δεητικός (Arist.), δέημα `request' (Ar. Ach. 1059). To ἐπιδέω, -ομαι, ἐπιδεύομαι `need' : ἐπιδεής, ἐπιδευής `in need of' (Schwyzer 513); to ἐνδέω, ἐνδεῖ, ἐνδέομαι `need': ἐνδεής (Ion.- Att.) with ἔνδεια (Att., \< *ἐνδέεια), ἐνδέημα (pap.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [??] *deu(s)- `miss, want, need'Etymology: δέω, δεύω can be from *δέϜ-ω, but probably also from *δεύσ-ω (on the phonetics Schwyzer 348). In the latter case we can connect directly Skt. doṣa- `lack' \< IE *douso-. (δεύτερος, -τατος must then be innovations on δεύω etc.) (Uncertain Mayrhofer EWAia 1, 749 s.v. doṣ-.) Perhaps here δυσ-. Uncertain δηρός. - On δεῖ s. Goodell Class. Quart. 8, 91ff., Bernardette, Glotta 43 (1965) 285ff.Page in Frisk: 1,375-376
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