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καί κε τὸ βουλοίμην, καί κεν πολὺ κέρδιον εἴη
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| Value | Word Value | Subref Value | Position | Index | VE Ref | Space After | Alignments |
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| καί | καί | καί[1] | 1 | 73365 | 20.316.t1 | True | Odyssey Sentence Alignment (Crane) |
| κε | κε | κε[1] | 2 | 73366 | 20.316.t2 | True | |
| τὸ | τὸ | τὸ[1] | 3 | 73367 | 20.316.t3 | True | |
| βουλοίμην, | βουλοίμην | βουλοίμην[1] | 4 | 73368 | 20.316.t4 | True | |
| καί | καί | καί[2] | 5 | 73369 | 20.316.t5 | True | |
| κεν | κεν | κεν[1] | 6 | 73370 | 20.316.t6 | True | |
| πολὺ | πολὺ | πολὺ[1] | 7 | 73371 | 20.316.t7 | True | |
| κέρδιον | κέρδιον | κέρδιον[1] | 8 | 73372 | 20.316.t8 | True | |
| εἴη | εἴη | εἴη[1] | 9 | 73373 | 20.316.t9 | True |
Dictionary Citations
LSJ
will, wish, be willing, Hom., etc.: usu. implying choice or preference (cf. IV) opp. ἐθέλω ‘consent’, εἰ βούλει, ἐγὼ ἐθέλω Pl. Grg. 522e, cf. R. 347b, 437b; ἐὰν βούλῃ σὺ . . ἐὰν θεὸς ἐθέλῃ Id. Alc. 1.135d; ἂν οἵ τε θεοὶ ʼθέλωσι καὶ ὑμεῖς βούλησθε D. 2.20; οὔτʼ ἀκούειν ἠθέλετʼ οὔτε πιστεύειν ἐβούλεσθε Id. 19.23; but ἐθέλω is also used = ‘wish’, λέξαι θέλω σοι, πρὶν θανεῖν, ἃ βούλομαι, E. Alc. 281 (so ἐθέλω εἰπεῖν Pl. Prt. 309b, but φράσαι τι βούλομαι Ar. Pl. 1090): Hom. uses βούλομαι for ἐθέλω in the case of the gods, for with them wish is will: ἐθέλω is more general, and is sts. used where βούλομαι might have stood, e.g. Il. 7.182.—Construct.: mostly c. inf., Τρώεσσιν ἐβούλετο κῦδος ὀρέξαι 11.79, etc.; sts. c. inf. fut., Thgn. 184; c. acc. et inf., Od. 4.353, and freq. in Prose: when βούλομαι is folld. by acc. only, an inf. may generally be supplied, as καί κε τὸ βουλοίμην (sc. γενέσθαι) Od. 20.316; ἔτυχεν ὧν ἐβούλετο (sc. τυχεῖν) Antiph. 18.6; πλακοῦντα β. (sc. σε λέγειν) Id. 52.11; καὶ εἰ μάλα βούλεται ἄλλῃ [Ποσειδάων] (sc. τοῦτο γενέσθαι) Il. 15.51; so εἰς τὸ βαλανεῖον βούλομαι (sc. ἰέναι) Ar. Ra. 1279; βουλοίμην ἄν (sc. τόδε γενέσθαι) Pl. Euthphr. 3a.
cunliffe_lex
κερδίων [comp. fr. κέρδος.] Only in neut. κέρδιον. 1 More or most profitable or advantageous, better, best: τό κεν πολὺ κ. εἴη Il. 7.28. Cf. Il. 15.226, Il. 17.417: Od. 20.304, 331, 381. Absol.: πολύ κε κ. ἦεν Il. 3.41. Cf. Il. 5.201=Il. 22.103:=Od. 9.228, Od. 2.320. With infin., the better or best course to take, the better or best thing to be done or that can happen: ἐμοί κε κ. εἴ χθόνα δύμεναι Il. 6.410: τό γε κ. εἴσατο, χρήμαιτʼ ἀγυρτάζειν Od. 19.283. Cf. Il. 22.108, Il. 13.458=Il. 14.23:=Od. 18.93=Od. 22.338=Od. 24.239, Od. 2.74, Od. 6.145, Od. 10.153, Od. 11.358=Od. 20.316. Sim. with ὄφρα Il. 16.652. With a statement of the course taken Od. 5.474, Od. 15.204. 2 Profitable rather than the reverse, profitable, good: ἔπος, τό κε κ. εἴη Od. 18.166. Cf. Il. 19.63. Absol.: τῶ οὔ νύ τι κ. ἡμῖν ἔλπομαι ἐκτελέεσθαι (no good) Il. 7.352. With infin.: οὔ σφιν ἐφαίνετο κ. εἶναι μαίεσθαι προτέρω (it seemed useless to do it) Od. 14.355.