εὐτέλεια: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. εὐτελείη or εὐτελίη (v. infr. 11.2), ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">having little to pay, cheapness</b>, <b class="b3">πρὸς εὐτελείην τῶν σιτίων</b> to procure <b class="b2">cheapness</b> of... <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.92</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς εὐτέλειαν</b> <b class="b2">cheaply</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">vilely</b>, εἰς εὐ. χηνὶ συγγεγραμμένῳ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>805</span>; <b class="b3">κρέα δὲ τίνος ἥδιστ' ἂν ἐσθίοις</b>; Answ. <b class="b3">εἰς εὐτέλειαν</b> <b class="b2">the cheapest</b>, <span class="bibl">Antiph.20</span>; μᾶζα πρὸς εὐτέλειαν ἐξωπλισμένη <span class="bibl">Id.226.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">meanness, shabbiness</b>, εὐσέβειαν καὶ οὐκ εὐ. ὑμῖν ἀνέγραψε <span class="bibl">Lys.30.21</span>; εὐ. οἴκου καὶ ἀμορφία <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Dom.</span>14</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">thrift, economy</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπ' εὐτελείᾳ</b> <b class="b2">economically</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>406</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">φιλοκαλοῦμεν μετ' εὐτελείας</b> <b class="b2">without extravagance</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.40</span>; <b class="b3">ἐς εὐ. ξυντετμῆσθαι</b> to be cut down to <b class="b2">an economical standard</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.8.86</span>; <b class="b3">ἐς εὐ. σωφρονίσαι</b> ib. <span class="bibl">1</span>: in pl., <b class="b2">economies</b>, ταῖς εὐτελείαις οἱ θεοὶ χαίρουσι <span class="bibl">Antiph.164.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">Εὐτελίη</b> personified, Εὐ., κλεινῆς ἔκγονε Σωφροσύνης Crates Theb. 12.</span>