λυσιτελέω
λυσιτελέω
λῡσιτελέω,
fut. -ήσω
= λύω, τέλη, v. λύω V
to pay what is due, and then "to pay, " i. e. to profit, avail, c. dat., λυσιτελεῖ τί τινι Ar., Plat.:—impers., λυσιτελεῖ μοι it profits me, is better for me, τεθνάναι λυσιτελεῖ ἢ ζῆν ʼtis better to be dead than alive, Andoc.; λυσιτελεῖ μοι ὥσπερ ἔχω ἔχειν it is expedient for me to be as I am, Plat.
neut. part. as Subst., τὸ λυσιτελοῦν, profit, gain, advantage, Plat., Dem.; τὰ λυσιτελοῦντα Thuc.
from λῡσιτελής