ὑποδεής · hypodeēs — LSJ
somewhat deficient, inferior
somewhat deficient, inferior; used only in Comp. ὑποδεέστερος.
I lower in degree
of persons, lower in degree, Hdt. 1.91, 134; κυνίδια τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ τῇ γνώμῃ καὶ τῇ γλώσσῃ ὑ. X. Oec. 13.8.
b younger
younger, PMasp. 23.16 (vi A. D.), PLond. 5.1708.37 (vi A. D.).
2 resources, inferior, inferior
of things, ἐκ πολλῷ ὑποδεεστέρων with resources much inferior, Th. 2.89; αὐτὸς ἑωυτοῦ ῥέει -έστερος, of the Nile, Hdt. 2.25; τέχνη ἐκείνης -τέρα Pl. Euthd. 289e; δηλοῦται . . ὑποδεέστερα ὄντα τῆς φήμης inferior to report, i. e. exaggerated, Th. 1.11; ἔστι δὲ τοῦτο ὑ., of bee-bread, Arist. HA 623b24.
II
Adv. -εστέρως Th. 8.87, Antipho 4.4.6: neut. pl. ὑποδεέστερα as Adv., Id. 3.3.9.