ἐνδε-ής, ές,
neut. pl. ἐνδεᾶ: (ἐνδέω B): -
1. 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. HG 6.1.3 codd., etc. 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, = cross ἔνδεια, Th. 1.77; τὸ αὐτῶν ἐ. their deficiency, Id. 3.83.
3. inferior, τὰ κρείσσω μηδὲ τἀνδεᾶ λέγειν the worse, S. OC 1430; γένει οὐδενὸς ἐνδεής X. HG 7.1.23; 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.
4. inadequate, insufficient, πρός τι Pl. Prt. 322b; ἐ. ξυνθῆκαι Th. 8.36.
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.