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κερδῷος?

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration: kerdōios

Principal Part: κερδῷος κερδῷη κερδῷον

Structure: κερδῳ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: κερδῷος I from ος II from κερδώ

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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