Δεῖν ᾠήθην

I deemed it necessary

Translated by Jennifer Benedict10 Sep 2002Vetting: high3 revisions

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[Meaning] I supposed it to be necessary, I thought it essential.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δεῖν ᾠήθην· δέον εἶναι ὑπέλαβον, ἀναγκαῖον ἐνόμισα.

Betacode

*dei=n w)|h/qhn: de/on ei)=nai u(pe/labon, a)nagkai=on e)no/misa.

Likewise, variously, in other lexica.
Classical (and later) literature furnishes numerous instances of the headword phrase, though the finite verb regularly comes first. See e.g. Isocrates 1.44, 2.42; Demosthenes 29.11; Plato, Apology 38E, Euthydemus 295D.
Adler reports that, in one manuscript, part of this entry erroneously reappears in the margin of delta 347.