κερδαλέος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, (κέρδος) of persons and their arts, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">crafty, cunning</b>, κ. κ' εἴη καὶ ἐπίκλοπος <span class="bibl">Od.13.291</span>; βουλή <span class="bibl">Il.10.44</span>; μῦθος <span class="bibl">Od.6.148</span>; νοήματα <span class="bibl">8.548</span>; of Ionian women, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.Socr.20</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> esp. of the fox, <span class="bibl">Archil.89.5</span>: hence <b class="b3">ἡ κ</b>. <b class="b2">the wily one, the fox</b>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>6.64</span>, etc.; cf. κερδώ <span class="bibl">1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of things, <b class="b2">profitable</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>2.78</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.4.11</span>, etc.; κερδαλεώτερόν ἐστι ὁμολογέειν τῷ Πέρσῃ <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.7</span>.ά; τὰς ἐμπορίας τὰς κ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span> 594</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Isoc.2.18</span>; τὸ κ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>1008</span> (anap.); κ. ἔς τι <span class="bibl">Th.2.53</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Adv. -<b class="b3">λέως</b> <b class="b2">to one's advantage</b>, opp. <b class="b3">δικαίως</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.3.56</span>.</span>