profit
Ὥσπερ οἱ ἐρωτικοὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν αἰσθήσει καλῶν ὁδῷ προϊόντες ἐπ' αὐτὴν καταντῶσι τὴν μίαν τῶν καλῶν πάντων καὶ νοητῶν ἀρχήν → Just as lovers systematically leave behind what is fair to sensation and attain the one true source of all that is fair and intelligible
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
advantage: P. and V. ὠφέλεια, ἡ, ὄφελος, τό, ὄνησις, ἡ, Ar. and V. ὠφέλημα, τό, ὠφέλησις, ἡ; see advantage.
gain: P. and V. κέρδος, τό, λῆμμα, τό.
profits (on investment): P. ἐπικαρπία, ἡ.
they make a double profit out of the city: P. διχόθεν καρποῦνται τὴν πόλιν (Dem. 614).
ye have had no profit in my glorious deeds: V. οὐκ ὤνασθε τῶν ἐμῶν καλῶν (Euripides, Hercules Furens 1368).
verb transitive
P. and V. σαμφέρειν; (dat.), ὠφελεῖν (acc. or dat.), ὀνινάναι, (or mid.), Ar. and V. λυσιτελεῖν; (dat.), V. τέλη λύω, τέλη λύειν (dat.), λύω, λύειν (dat.).
it profits: P. and V. συμφέρει, ὠφελεῖ, Ar. and P. λυσιτελεῖ, V. τέλη λύει, λύει, ἀρήγει.
Absol., get advantage: P. and V. κερδαίνειν, ὀνίνασθαι; see gain.
profit by, turn to account: P. and V. χρῆσθαι; (dat.).
have benefit of: P. and V. ἀπολαύειν; (gen.), καρποῦσθαι (acc.), ἐκκαρποῦσθαι (acc.).