Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κερδαλέος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κερδαλέος κερδαλέᾱ κερδαλέον

Structure: κερδαλε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ke/rdos

Sense

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

Examples

  • καὶ τοῖσ μὴ ταῦτα ὑπειληφόσιν ἐπιτιμῶν, οἳ τὴν μὲν ἀδικίαν κερδαλέαν ἡγοῦντο καὶ πρὸσ τὸν βίον τὸν καθ’ ἡμέραν συμφέρουσαν, τὴν δὲ δικαιοσύνην ἀλυσιτελῆ καὶ μᾶλλον ἑτέροισ ἢ τοῖσ ἔχουσιν ὠφέλιμον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 7 1:3)
  • πρόθυρα μὲν καὶ σχῆμα κύκλῳ περὶ ἐμαυτὸν σκιαγραφίαν ἀρετῆσ περιγραπτέον, τὴν δὲ τοῦ σοφωτάτου Ἀρχιλόχου ἀλώπεκα ἑλκτέον ἐξόπισθεν κερδαλέαν καὶ ποικίλην. (Plato, Republic, book 2 78:2)

Synonyms

  1. having an eye to gain

  2. gainful

Related

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

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