δέηται (deetai)

δέηται is an Ancient Greek form of δέ, meaning “but, and (postpositive)”. It is the 3rd person singular present middle subjunctive.

It can also be a form of δέω, “lack, need; (mid.) need, ask for”.

It can also be a form of δέομαι, “need, ask for, beg (gen.)”.

Found 44 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Caius Marius 16.4: … ν ἐρώμεθα πότερον ἄλλους ἀναμένει μαχουμένους ὑπὲρ τῆς Ἰταλίας, ἡμῖν δὲ λειτουργοῖς χρήσεται διὰ παντός, ὅταν δέῃται τάφρους ὀρύσσειν καὶ πηλὸν ἐκκαθαίρειν καὶ ποταμούς τινας παρατρέπειν;

Plutarch, Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur 28·2: … σῶμα λάβῃ τότε κινεῖσθαι, καὶ οὗτοι ταῖς μεταβολαῖς ἐπιφύονται, καθάπερ ἡδόμενοι καὶ ἀπολαύοντες. καὶ γὰρ ἂν δέηταί τινος ὑπομνήσεως ἐν οἷς διʼ αὑτὸν ἔπταισε βουλευσάμενος κακῶς, ἱκανόν ἐστι τὸ οὔ τι καθʼ ἡμέτερόν γε νόον· μά …

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.