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  "headword": "λυσιτελέω",
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          "definition": "<i>indemnify for expenses incurred,</i> or <i>pay what is due,</i> and then <i>‘pay’,</i> i.e. <i>profit, avail</i> (cf. λύω V.2), c. dat.,",
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              "label": "I",
              "definition": "οὔ φημʼ ἂν λυσιτελεῖν σφῷν [τοῦτο] Ar. Pl. 509; λυσιτελεῖ ἡμῖν ἡ δικαιοσύνη Pl. Prt. 327b; δοῦλος τοιοῦτος οἷος μηδενὶ δεσπότῃ λυσιτελεῖν X. Mem. 2.1.15.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "λυσιτελεῖ ἡμῖν ἡ δικαιοσύνη",
                    "ref": "Pl. Prt. 327b",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "δοῦλος τοιοῦτος οἷος μηδενὶ δεσπότῃ λυσιτελεῖν",
                    "ref": "X. Mem. 2.1.15",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "λυσιτελεῖ μοι <i>it profits</i> me, <i>is better</i> for me, c. part., οἷς οὐδʼ ἅπαξ ἐλυσιτέλησε πειθομένοις Lys. 25.27; πολλοῖς δὴ ἐλυσιτέλησεν ἀδικήσασι Pl. Alc. 1.113d: c. inf., λ. προϊέναι Id. Tht. 181b; τεθνάναι νομίσασα λυσιτελεῖν ἢ ζῆν thinking it <i>better</i> to be dead than alive, And. 1.125, cf. Pl. R. 407a, X. Cyr. 2.4.12 (v.l.), PHamb. 27.17 (iii B. C.), etc.: c. dat. pers., <i>it profits</i> one to do so and so, οὐ γάρ οἱ λυσιτελέειν . . δικάζειν Hdt. 1.97; ὅτι μοι λυσιτελοῖ ὥσπερ ἔχω ἔχειν Pl. Ap. 22e, cf. X. Hier. 7.13: sts. c. acc. pers., <i>it is good</i> that . . , λυσιτελεῖ τὸν μέλλοντα κακῶς ἰητρεύεσθαι ἀμφότερα καταγῆναι τὰ σκέλεα Hp. Fract. 19, cf. Pl. R. 406d: abs., ἐλυσιτέλει γάρ Axionic. 6.6.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οἷς οὐδʼ ἅπαξ ἐλυσιτέλησε πειθομένοις",
                        "ref": "Lys. 25.27",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πολλοῖς δὴ ἐλυσιτέλησεν ἀδικήσασι",
                        "ref": "Pl. Alc. 1.113d",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg013.perseus-grc2:113d"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "λ. προϊέναι",
                        "ref": "Id. Tht. 181b",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οὐ γάρ οἱ λυσιτελέειν . . δικάζειν",
                        "ref": "Hdt. 1.97",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.97"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὅτι μοι λυσιτελοῖ ὥσπερ ἔχω ἔχειν",
                        "ref": "Pl. Ap. 22e",
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                        "quote": "λυσιτελεῖ τὸν μέλλοντα κακῶς ἰητρεύεσθαι ἀμφότερα καταγῆναι τὰ σκέλεα",
                        "ref": "Hp. Fract. 19",
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                        "quote": "ἐλυσιτέλει γάρ",
                        "ref": "Axionic. 6.6",
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                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>conspire,</i> as gloss on ἐς τὸ κακὸν ἀλλήλοισι συντιμωρεῖ ( Hp. Acut. 17), Gal. 15.494 (v.l. συντελεῖ).",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "part. as Subst., τὸ λυσιτελοῦν <i>profit, gain, advantage,</i> Th. 6.85, Pl. R. 336d, D. 2.28; a wrong etym. is given in Pl. Cra. 417c.",
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