ἐπιτήδειος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον : Ion. [[ἐπιτήδεος]], έη, εον <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.158</span>, al. (cf. [[ἐπιταδεοτρώκτας]]) : Dor. [[ἐπιτάδειος]] [ᾱ] <span class="title">SIG</span> 524.36 (Praesus, iii B.C.) : regul. Comp. and Sup. <b class="b3">ἐπιτηδειότερος, ἐπιτηδειότατος</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.54</span>, <span class="bibl">7.86</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπιτηδειέστερος, ἐπιτηδειέστατος</b>, Anon. ap.Suid. s.v., <span class="bibl">Democr.121</span> : Ion. <b class="b3">ἐπιτηδειότερος, ἐπιτηδειότατος</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.2</span>, <span class="bibl">1.110</span>, al. : ([[ἐπιτηδές]]):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[made for an end]] or [[made for apurpose]], [[fit]] or [[adapted for]] [[it]], [[suitable]], [[convenient]], [[νομαί]] ibid., etc.:—Constr. : <b class="b3">ἐ. ἔς τι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">115</span> (Sup.), etc.; πρός τι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>390b</span> : c. inf., <b class="b3">χωρίον ἐπιτηδειότατον ἐνιππεῦσαι</b> [[most]] [[fit]] to [[ride]] in, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.102</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">9.2</span> (Comp.), <span class="bibl">Th.2.20</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Pax</span>1228</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>508</span>; ἄνδρα ἐπιτηδειότατον..δέξαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.134</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span> 79</span>; so ἐ. τῷ σώματι κινδυνεύειν <span class="bibl">Antipho5.63</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. ὑπεξαιρεθῆναι</b> [[convenient]] to be put out of the way, <span class="bibl">Th.8.70</span>; τεθνάναι μᾶλλον ἢ σῴζεσθαι <span class="bibl">And.4.25</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Lys.30.24</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. ξυνεῖναι</b> a [[fit]] person to live with, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>206</span>; also <b class="b3">ἐ. ὀστρακισθῆναι</b> [[deserving]] to be ostracized, <span class="bibl">And. 4.36</span>; ἐ. πάσχειν <span class="bibl">D.22.57</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκλεγόμενος τὸν ἐ. ἔπαισεν ἄν</b> struck [[him who deserved it]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.3.11</span>; but <b class="b3">ἐ. ἐς ὀλιγαρχίαν ἐλθεῖν</b> [[likely]] or [[inclined]] to come, <span class="bibl">Th.8.63</span>; also ὑμῖν ἐπιτήδεόν [ἐστι] οἰκέειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.158</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[useful]], [[serviceable]], [[necessary]], </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> of things, <b class="b3">ὀλιγαρχία ἐ. τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις</b> [[fit]] or [[serviceable]] for.., <span class="bibl">Th.5.81</span>; ἐ. τῷ δήμῳ πράττειν <span class="bibl">Lys.13.51</span>; <b class="b3">καταστήσειν ἐς τὸ ἐ</b>. to their [[advantage]], <span class="bibl">Th.4.76</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδὲν ηὕροντο ἐ</b>. no [[advantage]], <span class="bibl">Id.1.58</span>; οὐκ ἐ. καταγνῶναί τινος <span class="bibl">Hdt. 6.97</span>; <b class="b3">ἱερὰ οὐκ ἐ</b>., opp. [[καλά]], <span class="bibl">Id.9.37</span> : esp. as [[substantive]], <b class="b3">τὰ ἐ</b>. things [[requisite]], [[necessaries]], especially of [[provisions]], <span class="bibl">Id.2.174</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.23</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.2.2</span>, etc. : also in sg., [[what is requisite]], [[needful]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Vect.</span>4.38</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of persons, [[serviceable]], [[friendly]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.72</span> (Sup.), <span class="bibl">Th.3.40</span>; [[τινί]] to one, <span class="bibl">Id.4.78</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.12.14</span>; ἐ. ποιεῖν τινα <span class="bibl">And.4.41</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. τῷ πατρί</b> [[conformable to]] his [[will]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.52</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. τοῖς πρασσομένοις</b> [[favourable]] to.., <span class="bibl">Th. 8.54</span> : also as [[substantive]], a [[close]] [[friend]], <b class="b3">οἱ ἐ</b>. one's [[friends]], <span class="bibl">Id.5.64</span>; Ἀθηναίων ἐ. <span class="bibl">Id.7.73</span>; μοι ἐ. καὶ φίλος <span class="bibl">Lys.1.22</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> c. gen., = [[ἄξιος]], <span class="title">SIG</span>1073.19 (Olympia, ii A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[ἐπιτηδείως]], Ion. [[ἐπιτηδέως]], [[studiously]], [[carefully]], ὑπηρετέεσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.108</span>,<span class="bibl">4.139</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[suitably]], [[conveniently]], [[fitly]], ποιέειν ἐ. <span class="bibl">Id.9.7</span>.β'; ἐ. σφίσιν αὐτοῖς πολιτεύειν <span class="bibl">Th.1.19</span>; ἐ. ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Id.5.82</span> : Comp. -ότερον <span class="bibl">Id.4.54</span>; ἐπιτηδειοτέρως, διαιτᾶσθαι <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.32</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἐ. ἔχειν τινί</b> to be [[on friendly terms]] with.., <span class="bibl">Paus. 3.9.3</span>.</span>