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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Neuter present participle of δεῖ (deî, “it is necessary, it behoves”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dé.on/ → /ˈðe.on/ → /ˈðe.on/
Participle
δέον • (déon)
- nominative/accusative/vocative singular neuter of δέων (déōn)
Noun
δέον • (déon)
- That which is binding, needful, right, proper.
References
- “δέον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δέον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δέον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δέον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “deontology”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δέον (déon).
Participle
δέον • (déon)
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of δέων (déon)
Noun
δέον • (déon) n (plural δέοντα)
- that which is right, proper, necessary
Ανησυχείς υπέρ το δέον.- Anisycheís ypér to déon.
- You worry too much, more than necessary.
- (in the plural) a set of actions or measures that must be taken for a given situation
Έπραξε τα δέοντα.- Épraxe ta déonta.
- He did what had to be done.
- (in the plural) compliments, respects
- Synonyms: χαιρετίσματα (chairetísmata), σέβη (sévi)
Τα δέοντα στον πατέρα σας!- Ta déonta ston patéra sas!
- My compliments to your father!
Formal expressions (& polytonic, where different)
- πέραν του δέοντος (péran tou déontos, “more than is necessary”), πέραν τοῦ δέοντος
- πλέον του δέοντος (pléon tou déontos, “more than is necessary”), πλέον τοῦ δέοντος
- τα δέοντα n pl (ta déonta, “necessary things; compliments”)
- τι δέον γενέσθαι (ti déon genésthai, “what should be done?”), τί δέον γενέσθαι;
- το δέον γενέσθαι (to déon genésthai, “that which must be done”), τὸ δέον γενέσθαι
- υπέρ το δέον (ypér to déon, “more than is necessary”), ὑπέρ τὸ δέον
References