ἔνδεια, ἡ,
want, lack, δυνάμεως [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.18; τῆς ἀναγκαιοτάτης διαίτης [prev. author] 7.82; Χρημάτων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 1.5, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 283d, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II absolutely, deficiency, defect, opposed to ὑπερβολή, [[ [prev. author] “Prt.” 357b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1109a4: _plural_, opposed to ὑπερβολαί, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.33, compare 8.90. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 want, need, coupled with ἐπιθυμία, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 496d, 496e: _plural_, αἱ ἔνδειαι τῶν φίλων, τοῦ σώματος, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.22, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Eryxias” 401e, +others ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 want of means, poverty, ἀεὶ ἐνδείᾳ σύνοικος [[ [prev. author] “Smp.” 203d; αἰσχρόν τι ποιεῖν δι᾽ ἔνδειαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.257 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; famine, [[ 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.66c. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II.4 Grammars, defect, opposed to πλεόνασμα, [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 133.15. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]