ἐνδε-ής, ές,
neuter plural ἐνδεᾶ: (ἐνδέω B):— wanting or lacking in, in need of, with genitive, ἐ. εἶναι or γεγενῆσθαί τινος, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.77; ἑνός μοι μῦθος ἐ. ἔτι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 835 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολλῶν ἐ., opposed to αὐτάρκης, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 369b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποιητοῦ δ᾽ ἐστὶν ἐ... πρὸς τὸ ἐπιδεῖξαι, caret vate sacro, [[ [prev. author] “Smp.” 195d, compare “Lg.” 697e; σμικροῦ τινος ἐ. εἰμι πάντ᾽ ἔχειν [prev. author] “Prt.” 329b. ] Refs]
__2 absolutely, in want, in need, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.1.3 codices, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.b lacking, deficient, frequently in comparative, ἐνδεέστερα πράγματα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.48 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φαίνεται ἐνδεεστέρα [ἡ στρατεία] [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.10; -εστέρα παρασκευή [prev. author] 4.65; ἐνδεέστεροι ταῖς οὐσίαις 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.105 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in Posit., οὐδὲν ἐνδεὲς ποιεῖσθαι leave nothing unsaid, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 375; τοῦτο πολλῷ τοῦ παρόντος ἐνδεές 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 170; μηδὲν ἐνδεὲς λίπῃς [prev. author] “Ph.” 385; ἐνδεὲς φαίνεταί τι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.9; ἐνδεές τι ἐν τῷ σώματι ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.1.40; ἐ. τὸν βίον 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 592; τὴν ὄψιν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMar.” 1.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἐ. lack, want, defect, ={ἔνδεια}, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.77 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ αὐτῶν ἐ. their deficiency, [[ [prev. author] 3.83. ] Refs]