δέον(written
A.
δείον
PSI 4.361.4
(iii B. C.), etc.),οντος,τό, neut.Subst., prop.part.of impers.δεῖ(q. v.):—that which is binding, needful, right,
μᾶλλον τοῦ δ.
X. Mem. 4.3.8
; τὰ δ.
Th. 1.22
, etc.; οὐδὲν τῶν δ. πράττοντες
Isoc. 3.25
;πρὸ τοῦ δ.beforeit be needful,
S. Ph. 891 ;ἐν δέοντι(sc.καιρῷ) ingood time,
E. Med. 1277 , Plu. Cim. 17 ; ἐν τῷ δ.
Hdt. 2.159
; ἐς δέον ἐγεγόνεε
Id. 1.119