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κερδαλέος?

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration: kerdaleos

Principal Part: κερδαλέος κερδαλέα κερδαλέον

Structure: κερδαλε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: κέρδος

Sense

  1. having an eye to gain, wily, crafty, cunning
  2. gainful, profitable, to one's advantage

Examples

  • κερδαλέος δὲ ὁ πανταχόθεν πλεονεκτικός, ζημιώδης δὲ ὁ μηδαμόθεν, ἀλλ ὀλιγαχόθεν: (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 59:1)
  • "κερδαλέος κ εἰή καὶ ἐπίκλοπος ὅς σε παρέλθοι ἐν πάντεσσι δόλοισι, καὶ εἰ θεὸς ἀντιάσειε. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 13 37:1)

Synonyms

  1. having an eye to gain

  2. gainful

Related

명사

형용사

동사

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

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