κερδαλέος
From LSJ
εἰργόμενον θανάτου καὶ τοῦ ἀνάπηρον ποιῆσαι → excluding death and maiming, short of death or maiming
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.
