δεομένη (deomene)

δεομένη is an Ancient Greek form of δέ, meaning “but, and (postpositive)”. It is the present middle/passive participle dative singular feminine or present middle/passive participle nominative singular feminine.

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 74 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 4.2.7: … μένην ὑπό τινων καταφυγεῖν εἰς τὸ οἰκίδιον. τὸν δὲ ἕνεκα τοῦ ἀνθρωπίνου εἰσδέξασθαι, καὶ ἑνὸς ὄντος κλινιδίου δεομένῃ μεταδοῦναι τῆς κατακλίσεως· καὶ τέλος πολλὰ ἐκλιπαροῦσαν ἄπρακτον ἀναστῆναι. λέγειν τε πρὸς τοὺς πυνθανομένου …

Euripides, Ion 334: μάντευμα κρυπτὸν δεομένη Φοίβου μαθεῖν.

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.