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ἀκερδής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκερδής ἀκερδές

Structure: ἀκερδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ke/rdos

Sense

without gain, bringing loss
not greedy of gain

Declension

Third declension

		M/F	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	ἀκερδής	ά̓κερδες
	Genitive	ἀκερδούς	ἀκέρδους
	Dative	ἀκερδεί	ἀκέρδει
	Accusative	ἀκερδή	ά̓κερδες
	Vocative	ἀκερδές	ά̓κερδες
Dual	N/A/V	ἀκερδεί	ἀκέρδει
Dual	G/D	ἀκερδοίν	ἀκέρδοιν
Plural	Nominative	ἀκερδείς	ἀκέρδη
	Genitive	ἀκερδών	ἀκέρδων
	Dative	ἀκερδέσιν*	ἀκέρδεσιν*
	Accusative	ἀκερδείς	ἀκέρδη
	Vocative	ἀκερδείς	ἀκέρδη

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	ἀκερδής ἀκερδούς	ἀκερδέστερος ἀκερδεστέρου	ἀκερδέστατος ἀκερδεστάτου
Adverb	ἀκερδέως	ἀκερδέστερον	ἀκερδέστατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

τὸ μὲν ἄξιον ἄρα κερδαλέον ἐστίν, ἐάντε σμικρὸν ᾖ ἐάντε μέγα, τὸ δὲ ἀνάξιον ἀκερδέσ. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 41:3)
"ἀσύμφορον" καὶ "ἀνωφελὲσ" καὶ "ἀλυσιτελὲσ" καὶ "ἀκερδέσ. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 207:4)
ἵνα δὲ καὶ τοῖσ τὰ κράτιστα ὑμῶν ἐγνωκόσι τὸ γενναῖον μὴ ἀκερδὲσ γένηται καὶ τοῖσ πέρα τοῦ δέοντοσ τὰ δεινὰ πεφοβημένοισ μὴ ἀζήμιον ᾖ, πρὶν εἰσ ταῦτα ἐλθεῖν, οἱών ἑκατέροισ συμβήσεται τυχεῖν, ἀκούσατέ μου. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 6, chapter 9 4:3)
ὥστε πεπαιδευμένουσ ἡμᾶσ ὡσ τὸ πλεονεκτεῖν ἀκερδέσ ἐστι νῦν ἐλπίζω πάλιν μετρίουσ ἐν τῇ πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ φιλίᾳ ἔσεσθαι. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 3 15:4)
οὐκ ἀσχημονήσεισ ὀφθείσ, οὐκ ἀπελεύσῃ κενὸσ οὐδ’ ἀκερδήσ, ἂν ὡσ δεῖ προσέλθῃσ. (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 177:1)

Synonyms

without gain
- κερδῷος (bringing gain)
not greedy of gain
- φιλοκερδής (greedy of gain)
- ἄτευκτος (not gaining)
- αἰσχροκερδής (sordidly greedy of gain)

Similar forms

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

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ἀκερδής

Sense

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without gain

not greedy of gain

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Sense

Declension

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Synonyms

without gain

not greedy of gain

Similar forms

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