Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κερδῷος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κερδῷος κερδῷη κερδῷον

Structure: κερδῳ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kerdw=|os I from os II from kerdw/

Sense

  1. bringing gain
  2. foxlike, wily

Examples

  • ὁ δὲ Ἑρμῆσ ὁ κερδῷοσ ἐπινευσάτω ἅπασιν. (Lucian, 32:2)
  • ὦ Ζεῦ τεράστιε καὶ φίλοι Κορύβαντεσ καὶ Ἑρμῆ κερδῷε, πόθεν τοσοῦτον χρυσίον; (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 41:2)
  • καίτοι καὶ τῶν θεῶν ἄλλοσ ἄλλην ἔχων δύναμιν, ὁ μὲν ἐνυάλιοσ, ὁ δὲ μαντεῖοσ, ὁ δὲ κερδῷοσ ἐπονομάζεται· (Plutarch, De tranquilitate animi, section 12 3:3)
  • καίτοι καὶ τῶν θεῶν ἄλλοσ ἄλλην ἔχων δύναμιν, ὁ μὲν ἐνυάλιοσ ὁ δὲ μαντεῖοσ ὁ δὲ κερδῷοσ; (Plutarch, De tranquilitate animi, section 12 12:1)

Synonyms

  1. bringing gain

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

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