ἐπιτήδειος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον : Ion. ἐπιτήδ-εος, έη, εον <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.158</span>, al. (cf. [[ἐπιταδεοτρώκτας]]) : Dor. -τάδειος [ᾱ] <span class="title">SIG</span> 524.36 (Praesus, iii B.C.) : regul. Comp. and Sup. <b class="b3">-ειότερος, -ειότατος</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.54</span>, <span class="bibl">7.86</span>, etc. ; <b class="b3">-έστερος, -έστατος</b>, Anon. ap.Suid. s.v., <span class="bibl">Democr.121</span> : Ion. <b class="b3">-εότερος, -εότατος</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.2</span>, <span class="bibl">1.110</span>, al. : (ἐπιτηδές):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">made for an end</b> or <b class="b2">purpose, fit</b> or <b class="b2">adapted for</b> <b class="b2">it, suitable, convenient</b>, <b class="b3">νομαί</b> ibid., etc.:—Constr. : <b class="b3">ἐ. ἔς τι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">115</span> (Sup.), etc. ; πρός τι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>390b</span> : c. inf., <b class="b3">χωρίον -ότατον ἐνιππεῦσαι</b> <b class="b2">most fit</b> to ride in, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.102</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">9.2</span> (Comp.), <span class="bibl">Th.2.20</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Pax</span>1228</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>508</span> ; ἄνδρα -ότατον..δέξαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.134</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span> 79</span> ; so ἐ. τῷ σώματι κινδυνεύειν <span class="bibl">Antipho5.63</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐ. ὑπεξαιρεθῆναι</b> <b class="b2">convenient</b> to be put out of the way, <span class="bibl">Th.8.70</span> ; τεθνάναι μᾶλλον ἢ σῴζεσθαι <span class="bibl">And.4.25</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Lys.30.24</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐ. ξυνεῖναι</b> a <b class="b2">fit</b> person to live with, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>206</span> ; also <b class="b3">ἐ. ὀστρακισθῆναι</b> <b class="b2">deserving</b> to be ostracized, <span class="bibl">And. 4.36</span> ; ἐ. πάσχειν <span class="bibl">D.22.57</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐκλεγόμενος τὸν ἐ. ἔπαισεν ἄν</b> struck <b class="b2">him who deserved it</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.3.11</span> ; but <b class="b3">ἐ. ἐς ὀλιγαρχίαν ἐλθεῖν</b> <b class="b2">likely</b> or <b class="b2">inclined</b> to come, <span class="bibl">Th.8.63</span> ; also ὑμῖν ἐπιτήδεόν [ἐστι] οἰκέειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.158</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">useful, serviceable, necessary</b>, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> of things, <b class="b3">ὀλιγαρχία ἐ. τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις</b> <b class="b2">fit</b> or <b class="b2">serviceable for.</b>., <span class="bibl">Th.5.81</span> ; ἐ. τῷ δήμῳ πράττειν <span class="bibl">Lys.13.51</span> ; <b class="b3">καταστήσειν ἐς τὸ ἐ</b>. to their <b class="b2">advantage</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.76</span> ; <b class="b3">οὐδὲν ηὕροντο ἐ</b>. no <b class="b2">advantage</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.1.58</span> ; οὐκ ἐ. καταγνῶναί τινος <span class="bibl">Hdt. 6.97</span> ; <b class="b3">ἱερὰ οὐκ ἐ</b>., opp. <b class="b3">καλά</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.9.37</span> : esp. as Subst., <b class="b3">τὰ ἐ</b>. things <b class="b2">requisite, necessaries</b>, esp. of <b class="b2">provisions</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.2.174</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.23</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.2.2</span>, etc. : also in sg., <b class="b2">what is requisite, needful</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Vect.</span>4.38</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of persons, <b class="b2">serviceable, friendly</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.72</span> (Sup.), <span class="bibl">Th.3.40</span> ; <b class="b3">τινί</b> to one, <span class="bibl">Id.4.78</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.12.14</span> ; ἐ. ποιεῖν τινα <span class="bibl">And.4.41</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐ. τῷ πατρί</b> <b class="b2">conformable to</b> his <b class="b2">will</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.52</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐ. τοῖς πρασσομένοις</b> <b class="b2">favourable</b> to.., <span class="bibl">Th. 8.54</span> : also as Subst., <b class="b2">a close friend</b>, <b class="b3">οἱ ἐ</b>. one's <b class="b2">friends</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.5.64</span> ; Ἀθηναίων ἐ. <span class="bibl">Id.7.73</span> ; μοι ἐ. καὶ φίλος <span class="bibl">Lys.1.22</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c. gen., = [[ἄξιος]], <span class="title">SIG</span>1073.19 (Olympia, ii A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Adv. <b class="b3">-είως</b>, Ion. <b class="b3">-έως</b>, <b class="b2">studiously, carefully</b>, ὑπηρετέεσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.108</span>,<span class="bibl">4.139</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">suitably, conveniently, fitly</b>, ποιέειν ἐ. <span class="bibl">Id.9.7</span>.<b class="b3">β'</b> ; ἐ. σφίσιν αὐτοῖς πολιτεύειν <span class="bibl">Th.1.19</span> ; ἐ. ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Id.5.82</span> : Comp. -ότερον <span class="bibl">Id.4.54</span> ; -οτέρως, διαιτᾶσθαι <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.32</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἐ. ἔχειν τινί</b> to be <b class="b2">on friendly terms</b> with.., <span class="bibl">Paus. 3.9.3</span>.</span>