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

  • 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

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

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