Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κερδίων

; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κερδίων

Etym.: comp. with no Posit. in use, formed from ke/rdos

Sense

  1. more profitable
  2. most cunning or crafty
  3. most profitable

Examples

  • οὔ τοι ἅπασα κερδίων φαίνοισα πρόσωπον ἀλάθει’ ἀτρεκήσ· (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 5 6:2)

Synonyms

  1. more profitable

  2. most cunning or crafty

  3. most profitable

Related

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

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