ἀποδέω,
__B to be in want of, lack, often in accounts of numbers, τριακοσίων ἀποδέοντα μύρια 10,000 lacking or save 300, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13, compare 4.38, etc.; δυεῖν χιλιάδων ἀποδέοντες εἶναι δισμύριοι 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 7.3] Refs 5th c.BC+]; generally, τοσοῦτον ἀποδέω τινός so far am I from.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 366b, 372a: with ] Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, ὀλίγον ἀποδεῖν εἶναι want little of being, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.978f] Refs 1st c.AD+]; fall short of, be inferior to, τινός[[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 36, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1088c] Refs 1st c.AD+]; πλήθει οὐ πολὺ ἀποδέοντες ἀλλήλων not differing much in number, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.52, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 28] Refs 1st c.BC+]; come short of, miss, τῆς ἀληθείας[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 369d.] Refs 5th c.BC+]