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ἀκερδής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκερδής ἀκερδές

Structure: ἀκερδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ke/rdos

Sense

  1. without gain, bringing loss
  2. not greedy of gain

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ ἔστι τοῖσ ἀγαθοῖσ ἀκήρυκτοσ καὶ ἄσπονδοσ πρὸσ τὰσ παρὰ τῶν φίλων δωρεὰσ πόλεμοσ, ἀλλὰ τὰσ εἰσ ἀπόθεσιν καὶ πλεονεξίαν ἀγεννεῖσ ἡγούμενοι καὶ ταπεινάσ, ὅσαι φιλοτιμίασ τινὸσ ἀκερδοῦσ ἔχονται καὶ λαμπρότητοσ οὐκ ἀπωθοῦνται. (Plutarch, , chapter 1 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. without gain

  2. not greedy of gain

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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