A.wanting or lacking in, in need of, c. gen., ἐ. εἶναι or γεγενῆσθαί τινος, Hdt.1.32, Antipho 5.77; “ἑνός μοι μῦθος ἐ. ἔτι” E.Hec.835; πολλῶν ἐ., opp. αὐτάρκης, Pl.R.369b; ποιητοῦ δ᾽ ἐστὶν ἐ. . . πρὸς τὸ ἐπιδεῖξαι, caret vate sacro, Id.Smp.195d, cf. Lg.697e; “σμικροῦ τινος ἐ. εἰμι πάντ᾽ ἔχειν” Id.Prt. 329b.
2. abs., in want, in need, X.HG6.1.3 codd., etc.
b. lacking, deficient, freq. in Comp., “ἐνδεέστερα πράγματα” Hdt.7.48; φαίνεται ἐνδεεστέρα [ἡ στρατεία] Th.1.10; “-εστέρα παρασκευή” Id.4.65; “ἐνδεέστεροι ταῖς οὐσίαις” Isoc.4.105; also in Posit., οὐδὲν ἐνδεὲς ποιεῖσθαι leave nothing unsaid, S.Ph.375; “τοῦτο πολ ῷ τοῦ παρόντος ἐνδεές” E.Heracl. 170; “μηδὲν ἐνδεὲς λίπῃς” Id.Ph.385; “ἐνδεὲς φαίνεταί τι” Th.5.9; “ἐνδεές τι ἐν τῷ σώματι ἔχειν” X.Cyr.8.1.40; “ἐ. τὸν βίον” Men.592; “τὴν ὄψιν” Luc.DMar.1.2; τὸ ἐ. lack, want, defect, = ἔνδεια, Th.1.77; τὸ αὐτῶν ἐ. their deficiency, Id.3.83.
3. inferior, τὰ κρείσσω μηδὲ τἀνδεᾶ λέγειν the worse, S.OC1430; “γένει οὐδενὸς ἐνδεής” X.HG7.1.23; τῆς δυνάμεως ἐνδεᾶ πρᾶξαι to act short of your real power, Th.1.70; τούτου ἐνδεᾶ ἐφαίνετο (sc. τἃ πράγματα) their power was unequal to the purpose, ib.102: Comp. “ἐνδεέστερός τινος” S.Ph.524; “τῆς δόξης” Th.2.11; “αὑτοῦ” Plu.Cic.35.
5. Gramm., defective, A.D.Synt.239.18.
6. Adv. ἐνδεῶς defectively, insufficiently, opp. ἱκανῶς, Pl.Phd.88e, R.523e; ἐ. ἔχειν τινός to be in want of, E.Fr.898.8; “τῶν ἀναγκαίων” Plu.Nic.27; μὴ ἐνδεῶς γνῶναι judge not insufficiently, Th.2.40: Comp. ἐνδεεστέρως παρεῖχεν ἢ πρὸς τὴν ἐξουσίαν less than, Id.4.39; “ἐ. πρὸς ἃ βούλεται δηλοῦσθαι” Id.2.35; “ἐ. ἔχειν” Pl.Phd.74e; ἐ. ἢ προσῆκεν τιμωρήσασθαι Epist. Philipp. ap. D.12.12: rarely “-έστερον” A.D.Synt.209.21.
