ἐπιτήδειος: Difference between revisions

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|mdlsjtxt=[[ἐπιτήδειος]], η, ον [[ἐπιτηδές]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> made for an end or [[purpose]], fit or adapted for it, [[suitable]], [[convenient]], ἔς τι, πρός τι Hdt., Plat.; c. inf., [[χωρίον]] ἐπ. ἐνιππεῦσαι fit to [[ride]] in, Hdt.; ἐπ. ὑπεξαιρεθῆναι [[convenient]] to be put out of the way, Thuc.; ἐπ. ξυνεῖναι a [[pleasant]] [[person]] to [[live]] with, Eur.; ἐπ. [[παθεῖν]] [[deserving]] to [[suffer]], Dem., also, ἐπιτήδεόν [[ἐστί]] μοι, c. inf., Hdt.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[useful]], [[serviceable]], [[necessary]],<br /><b class="num">1.</b> of things, fit or [[serviceable]] for, c. dat., Thuc.; ἐστὸ ἐπ. to [[their]] [[advantage]], Thuc.; of treaties, omens, [[favourable]], Hdt.:—esp. as Subst., τὰ ἐπιτήδεια necessaries, provisions, Lat. [[commeatus]], Hdt., Thuc., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of persons, [[serviceable]], [[friendly]], Hdt., Thuc.; τῷ πατρί [[conformable]] to his [[will]], Hdt.: as Subst., c. gen., a [[close]] [[friend]], Lat. [[necessarius]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> adv. -είως, ionic -έως, [[studiously]], [[carefully]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[suitably]], [[conveniently]], [[fitly]], Hdt.;—comp. -ειότερον, Hdt.

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