unprofitable
Ὦ ξεῖν’, ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι. -> Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.
Simonides of KeaEnglish > Greek (Woodhouse)
adj.
P. ἀλυσιτελής, ἄκαρπος, P. and V. ἀνόνητος, ἀνωφελής, ἄχρηστος, ἀχρεῖος, ἀσύμφορος, V. ἀνωφέλητος (also Xen.), ἀκάρπωτος.
Vain: P. and V. κενός, μάταιος, P. ἄπρακτος.
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