λυσιτελέω
λῡσῐτελ-έω, prop.
A). indemnify for expenses incurred, or
pay what is due, and then '
pay', i.e.
profit, avail (cf.
λύω v.
2 ), c. dat.,
2). mostly impers.,
λυσιτελεῖ μοι it profits me,
is better for me, c. part.,
οἷς οὐδ’ 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
better 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.,
it profits 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.,
it is good that .. ,
λυσιτελεῖ τὸν μέλλοντα κακῶς ἰητρεύεσθαι ἀμφότερα καταγῆναι τὰ σκέλεα Hp. Fract. 19 , cf.
Pl. R. 406d : abs.,
ἐλυσιτέλει γάρ Axionic. 6.6 .
3). in bad sense,
conspire, as gloss on
ἐς τὸ κακὸν ἀλλήλοισι συντιμωρεῖ (
Hp. Acut. 17 ),
Gal. 15.494 ( v.l.
συντελεῖ ).
ShortDef
to bring profit, gain
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Headword (normalized):
λυσιτελέω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
λυσιτελεω
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">λῡσῐτελ-έω</span>, prop. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">indemnify for expenses incurred</span>, or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pay what is due</span>, and then \'<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pay</span>\', i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">profit, avail</span> (cf. <span class="foreign greek">λύω</span> v. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4040.tlg029:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4040.tlg029:2/canonical-url/"> 2 </a>), c. dat., </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>I).</strong></span> with subject expressed, <span class="foreign greek">οὔ φημ’ ἂν λυσιτελεῖν σφῷν [τοῦτο</span>] <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:509" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:509/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 509 </a>; <span class="quote greek">λυσιτελεῖ ἡμῖν ἡ δικαιοσύνη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:327b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:327b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prt.</span> 327b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δοῦλος τοιοῦτος οἷος μηδενὶ δεσπότῃ λυσιτελεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:1:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:1:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 2.1.15 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> mostly impers., <span class="foreign greek">λυσιτελεῖ μοι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">it profits</span> me, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">is better</span> for me, c. part., <span class="quote greek">οἷς οὐδ’ ἅπαξ ἐλυσιτέλησε πειθομένοις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg025.perseus-grc1:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg025.perseus-grc1:27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 25.27 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πολλοῖς δὴ ἐλυσιτέλησεν ἀδικήσασι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 1.113d </span> : c. inf., <span class="quote greek">λ. προϊέναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:181b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:181b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 181b </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τεθνάναι νομίσασα λυσιτελεῖν ἢ ζῆν</span> thinking it <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">better</span> to be dead than alive, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:125" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:125/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 1.125 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:407a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:407a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 407a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:4:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:4:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 2.4.12 </a> (v.l.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PHamb.</span> 27.17 </span> (iii B. C.), etc.: c. dat. pers., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">it profits</span> one to do so and so, <span class="quote greek">οὐ γάρ οἱ λυσιτελέειν .. δικάζειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:97" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.97/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.97 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὅτι μοι λυσιτελοῖ ὥσπερ ἔχω ἔχειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ap.</span> 22e </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg008.perseus-grc1:7:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg008.perseus-grc1:7.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hier.</span> 7.13 </a>: sts. c. acc. pers., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">it is good</span> that .. , <span class="quote greek">λυσιτελεῖ τὸν μέλλοντα κακῶς ἰητρεύεσθαι ἀμφότερα καταγῆναι τὰ σκέλεα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg009.perseus-grc1:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg009.perseus-grc1:19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fract.</span> 19 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:406d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:406d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 406d </a>: abs., <span class="quote greek">ἐλυσιτέλει γάρ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0424.tlg001:6:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0424.tlg001:6.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Axionic.</span> 6.6 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> in bad sense, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">conspire</span>, as gloss on <span class="ref greek">ἐς τὸ κακὸν ἀλλήλοισι συντιμωρεῖ</span> (<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg004.perseus-grc1:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg004.perseus-grc1:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Acut.</span> 17 </a>), <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 15.494 </span> ( v.l. <span class="ref greek">συντελεῖ</span> ). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> neut. part. as Subst., <span class="foreign greek">τὸ λυσιτελοῦν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">profit, gain, advantage</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:85" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.85/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 6.85 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:336d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:336d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 336d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg002.perseus-grc1:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg002.perseus-grc1:28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 2.28 </a>; a wrong etym. is given in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:417c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:417c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 417c </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}