κερδαλέος

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Ἔνεισι καὶ γυναιξὶ σώφρονες τρόποι → Insunt modesti mores etiam mulieri → Auch Frauen haben in sich weise Lebensart

Menander, Monostichoi, 160
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Transliteration A: kerdaléos Transliteration B: kerdaleos Transliteration C: kerdaleos Beta Code: kerdale/os

English (LSJ)

α, ον, (κέρδος) of persons and their arts,

   A crafty, cunning, κ. κ' εἴη καὶ ἐπίκλοπος Od.13.291; βουλή Il.10.44; μῦθος Od.6.148; νοήματα 8.548; of Ionian women, Aeschin.Socr.20.    b esp. of the fox, Archil.89.5: hence ἡ κ. the wily one, the fox, Ael.NA6.64, etc.; cf. κερδώ 1.    2 of things, profitable, Pi.P.2.78, X.Mem.3.4.11, etc.; κερδαλεώτερόν ἐστι ὁμολογέειν τῷ Πέρσῃ Hdt.9.7.ά; τὰς ἐμπορίας τὰς κ. Ar.Av. 594, cf. Isoc.2.18; τὸ κ. A.Eu.1008 (anap.); κ. ἔς τι Th.2.53.    II Adv. -λέως to one's advantage, opp. δικαίως, Id.3.56.