ἐπιτήδειος: Difference between revisions

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