εὐτέλεια: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. εὐτελείη or εὐτελίη (v. infr. 11.2), ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[having little to pay]], [[cheapness]], <b class="b3">πρὸς εὐτελείην τῶν σιτίων</b> to procure [[cheapness]] of... <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.92</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς εὐτέλειαν</b> [[cheaply]], i.e. [[vilely]], 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> [[the cheapest]], <span class="bibl">Antiph.20</span>; μᾶζα πρὸς εὐτέλειαν ἐξωπλισμένη <span class="bibl">Id.226.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[meanness]], [[shabbiness]], 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"><span class="bld">II</span> [[thrift]], [[economy]], <b class="b3">ἐπ' εὐτελείᾳ</b> [[economically]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>406</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">φιλοκαλοῦμεν μετ' εὐτελείας</b> [[without extravagance]], <span class="bibl">Th.2.40</span>; <b class="b3">ἐς εὐ. ξυντετμῆσθαι</b> to be cut down to [[an economical standard]], <span class="bibl">Id.8.86</span>; <b class="b3">ἐς εὐ. σωφρονίσαι</b> ib. ''1'': in plural, [[economies]], ταῖς εὐτελείαις οἱ θεοὶ χαίρουσι <span class="bibl">Antiph.164.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[Εὐτελίη]] personified, Εὐ., κλεινῆς ἔκγονε Σωφροσύνης Crates Theb. 12.</span>