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Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)
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Latest revision as of 20:35, 9 December 2020
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
P. and V. σύμφορος, πρόσφορος, συμφέρων, χρήσιμος, Ar. and P. ὠφέλιμος, Ar. and V. ὠφελήσιμος. V. ὀνήσιμος.
be expedient, v.: P. and V. συμφέρειν, ὠφελεῖν, Ar. and P. λυσιτελεῖν, P. προὔργου εἶναι, V. λύω, λύειν, τέλη λύω, τέλη λύειν, ἀρήγειν.
profitable: Ar. and P. κερδαλέος, P. λυσιτελής; see profitable.
substantive
device: P. and V. μηχάνημα, τό, σόφισμα, τό, πόρος, ὁ, τέχνημα, τό (Plato), μηχανή, ἡ; see device.