Δεῖν
to bind
Translated by Jennifer Benedict10 Sep 2002Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to fetter.1
Also Aristophanes [uses]dei=n ["to beg"] meaning dei=sqai ["to request"]. "He seems to beg."2
And meaning to owe.
Also [sc. attested is the idiom]mikrou= dei=n ["to lack a little"], meaning by a bit.3
Also Aristophanes [uses]
And meaning to owe.
Also [sc. attested is the idiom]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Δεῖν· δεσμεύειν. καὶ Δεῖν Ἀριστοφάνης ἀντὶ τοῦ δεῖσθαι. δεῖν δ' ἔοικεν. καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ ὀφείλειν. καὶ Μικροῦ δεῖν, ἀντὶ τοῦ παρ' ὀλίγον.