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Ἐκδεές · lacking (ε 385) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near ε385

ε381to have been born from
ε382blind from birth
ε383from neighbors, in the neighborhood
ε384you are flaying the flayed
ε385lacking
ε386to take over
ε387to accept, to be a surety for
ε388to accommodate
ε389you take

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε385

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Ἐκδεές

lacking

Translated by David Whitehead8 Mar 2007Vetting: high4 revisions

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1 note · 33 words

Translation

[Meaning something] unfulfilled, missing. "They decided first, so that nothing of the divine oracles would be lacking, to go into the city in order to steal, if they could, the statue of Athena".¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐκδεές· ἀτελές, ἐλλιπές. ἔδοξε δὲ αὐτοῖς πρότερον, ὡς μηδὲν ἐκδεὲς εἴη τῶν θείων λογίων, εἰς τὴν πόλιν εἰσελθεῖν, [ὅπωσ] τὸ ἄγαλμα, εἰ δύναιντο, κλέψειαν τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς.

Betacode

*)ekdee/s: a)tele/s, e)llipe/s. e)/doce de\ au)toi=s pro/teron, w(s mhde\n e)kdee\s ei)/h tw=n qei/wn logi/wn, ei)s th\n po/lin ei)selqei=n, [o(/pws] to\ a)/galma, ei) du/nainto, kle/yeian th=s *)aqhna=s.

Notes (1)

The headword, presumably taken from the quotation which follows, is neuter nominative singular of this (otherwise unattested) adjective.
1Quotation unidentifiable; variously attributed to Aelian and Nicolaus of Damascus. Equally uncertain is the episode (and personnel) involved, but a reasonable conjecture might be the theft of the Palladion from Troy by Odysseus and Diomedes [Author, Myth]; see under pi 34.

Linked from1 entry

α2250Ἀνελλιπήςnot lacking[An adjective meaning] not in need.

Neighbouring entries

ε383Ἐκ γειτόνωνfrom neighbors, in the neighborhood ε384Ἐκδεδαρμένον δέρειςyou are flaying the flayed ε385Ἐκδεέςlacking ε386Ἐκδέξασθαιto take over ε387Ἔκδεξαιto accept, to be a surety for

Revision history4 revisions · last 8 Dec 2015

8 Dec 2015Revised — David Whitehead
3 Aug 2012Revised — David Whitehead
9 Mar 2007augmented notes — David Whitehead
8 Mar 2007set status — Catharine Roth
8 Mar 2007Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐκδεές (Adler number epsilon 385), trans. David Whitehead, 8 Mar 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/385

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗